Dare County Regional
MQI · KMQI · Manteo, North Carolina · Dare County · map
Dare County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Dare County Airport Authority, 1 mile northwest of Manteo, North Carolina, 13 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 4,306 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 45 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,950 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMQI · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 49°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KMQI 062235Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3010 RMK AO2 T01660096
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 MQI · ICAO KMQI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dare County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,306 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,303 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 305 ft
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 301 ft, building 25 ft high 301 ft from the end
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 290 ft, trees 102 ft high 1,246 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 989 ft, trees 88 ft high 580 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.725 | |
| Mqi and aWOS-3 | 128.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 252-473-2826.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,950, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Manteo from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Manteo, North Carolina: 17 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 4 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
- Built prior to 1958.
- Runway 05 15 feet DROP-OFF 40 feet from threshold 0B.
- PAPI runway 05 and 23 operates continuously, sunset to sunrise - the common traffic frequency. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05, 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available aft hours self service with credit card.
- 7 feet fence 100-300 feet from end of pavement both sides of centerline; 15 feet road 90 feet from end of pavement and both sides of centerline.
- 24 feet trees 167 feet from end of pavement offset 140 feet left of centerline.
- Approach slope 13:1 at displaced.
- Approach slope 11:1 at displaced threshold due to 15 feet road 378 feet from displaced threshold and both sides of centerline.
- Approach slope 19:1 at displaced threshold due to 70 feet trees 1538 feet from displaced threshold offset 178 feet right of centerline.
- Migratory waterfowl oct - feb.
- Banner towing operations 200 feet west of runway 05.
- Seaplane ramp near apron.
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.