Mount Airy/Surry County
MWK · KMWK · Mount Airy, North Carolina · Surry County · map
Mount Airy/Surry County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mount Airy & Surry County, 3 miles southeast of Mount Airy, North Carolina, 1,269 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KMWK · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°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 KMWK 062015Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A3013 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 MWK · ICAO KMWK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mount Airy & Surry County
- Elevation
- 1,269 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 47 ft high 1,219 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, other 63 ft high 1,842 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.35 | |
| Mwk and aWOS-3PT | 121.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 336-789-2299.
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 Mount Airy from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Airy, North Carolina: 11 piston singles, 3 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 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
- Runway 36 slopes uphill 34 feet.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 0800- (earlier of) 1800 local or sunset.
- Runway 36 - 50 feet DROP-OFF 300 feet from threshold and 150 feet right and left of centerline.
- Runway has 100 feet DROP-OFFS 90 feet from centerline both sides and 300 feet from threshold.
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.