Mountain Empire Airport
MKJ · KMKJ · Marion/Wytheville, Virginia · Smyth County · map
Mountain Empire Airport is a public-use airport, 9 miles northeast of Marion/Wytheville, Virginia, 2,558 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,252 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KMKJ · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 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 KMKJ 062155Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3013 RMK AO2 T01790080
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MKJ · ICAO KMKJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,558 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday, closed
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,252 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 612 ft from the end
- Runway 26: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 711 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Mkj and aWOS-3 | 123.875 | |
| Tri City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 276-686-6420.
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 Marion/Wytheville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Marion/Wytheville, VA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- In operation prior 1959.
- Located 9 NM northeast Marion.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst; activate higher intst - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet bush 80 feet from thld, 120 L of centerline on approach.
- 17 feet roadway clnc penetrates approach by 9 feet. Interstate traffic penetrates into pri surface.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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 5, 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.