Fort Meade Executive
FME · KFME · Fort Meade (Odenton), Maryland · Anne Arundel County · map
Fort Meade Executive is a public-use airport owned by Tipton Arpt Authority, 1 mile southwest of Fort Meade (Odenton), Maryland, 150 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 97 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 38,124 takeoffs and landings a year. About 39 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFME · observed 2:55 pm EDT (18:55 UTC), 18 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 1.75 miles
- Sky: overcast at 400 feet
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFME 111855Z AUTO 04004KT 1 3/4SM OVC004 18/18 A2994 RMK AO1
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- SIGMET E97E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 36,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 35 knots, until 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC).
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent LJ35 , 64 nm northeast, 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
- GL5T at 400 ft, 7 nm northeast, 3:10 pm EDT (19:10 UTC): a broken layer above 40,000 ft.
- B737 at 300 ft, 7 nm northeast, 2:41 pm EDT (18:41 UTC): a broken layer above 30,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RIC, 98 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 180° at 18 kt; 6,000 ft: 200° at 19 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 22 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 31 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 42 kt, -7 °C.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 5 nm southwest · security
- 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 12 nm northeast · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 21 nm west · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA FME · ICAO KFME
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tipton Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 150 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 850 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 60 ft high 1,227 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | |
| Fme and aWOS-3 | 123.925 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 76 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| helicopters | 14 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 38,124, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 104 |
| general aviation, travelling | 771 |
| general aviation, local | 37,189 |
| military | 60 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Fort Meade (Odenton) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Meade (Odenton), MD as the owner's town.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (7 nm northeast), College Park Airport (10 nm southwest), Pier 7 Heliport (14 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Maryland · avgas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 6 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 43 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners, 8 administrative pilot examiners.
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Baltimore, MD (7 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · chuckepstein1@yahoo.com
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle River Flight Center · Baltimore, MD (7 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · melissator3@yahoo.com
- Robert Bruce Hollen private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle River Aviation, Martin State Airport · Baltimore, MD (7 nm) · (410) 292-6390 · bh30023@comcast.net
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Davidsonville, MD (15 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · tuckair@yahoo.com
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (20 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · harry@flymall.org
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (20 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · hidayat.sharif@yahoo.com
- Jeffrey Richard Riemer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, VA (21 nm) · (703) 859-2807 · jriemer@riemerandassociates.com
- Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (23 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · judegallagher@gmail.com
All 80 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service 100LL available with credit card.
- 24 hour self service jet a+ available with credit card.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left and right of crs.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of crs (trees), and 8 degreess right of crs.
- Deer on runway and taxiway.
- Be alert for nmrs bwi tbjt arrival/departure in the area. Fly traffic pattern south of the field to avoid bwi class B asp. Remain clear of bwi class B asp until clnc is obtained.
- Paew adjacent all taxiways and runways 10 and 28 indefinitely.
- Runway 10 and 28 runway end identifier lights; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 on photocell during daylight hours.
- Runway 28 noise abatement procedure: obstructions clrd, fly upwind trk of 265 degreess until clrng townhomes.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,341 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FME.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.