Montevideo-Chippewa County
MVE · KMVE · Montevideo, Minnesota · Chippewa County · map
Montevideo-Chippewa County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Montevideo, 2 miles north of Montevideo, Minnesota, 1,034 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,999 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 21 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,520 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMVE · observed 6:55 pm CDT (23:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 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 KMVE 062355Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A2981 RMK AO2
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 MVE · ICAO KMVE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Montevideo
- Elevation
- 1,034 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,999 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,361 × 165 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: brush 7 ft high 133 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mve and aWOS-3PT | 119.675 | |
| Darwin and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-269-5830.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,520, 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 Montevideo from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Montevideo, Minnesota: 28 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 piston twins. 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 Minnesota.
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
- Pending.
- Runway 03/21 not plowed winter months.
- Medium-intensity runway lights preset to low sunset to sunrise. To incr intsy and activate runway end identifier lights runway 14/32 and PAPI runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- And Chippewa County.
- Fuel self service 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 03/21 thresholds and edges marked with yellow cones.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.