# Laurinburg Maxton Airport (MXE / KMEB)

**Laurinburg Maxton Airport** (IATA: MXE, ICAO: KMEB) is a small airport in Maxton, North Carolina, United States. It opened in May 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,503 ft (1,982 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmeb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MXE / KMEB
- FAA: MEB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Maxton, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: May 1943
- Elevation: 216 ft / 66 m
- Coordinates: 34.7919, -79.3658
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,503 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurinburg%E2%80%93Maxton_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501827
- Weather station: KMEB
- Ident: KMEB

## Timeline

- May 1943: Laurinburg Maxton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,503 ft / 1,982 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 13/31 | 3,536 ft / 1,078 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,503 ft / 1,982 m | =4,056 of 29,858 | =993 in North America | =752 in US |
| Elevation | 216 ft / 66 m | #33,526 of 43,403 | #15,322 in North America | #12,899 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | FAYETTEVILLE APP/DEP | 127.800 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 134.125 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmeb/data