# Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (MVE / KMVE)

**Montevideo Chippewa County Airport** (IATA: MVE, ICAO: KMVE) is a small airport in Montevideo, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Sep 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,999 ft (1,219 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MVE / KMVE
- FAA: MVE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Montevideo, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Sep 1945
- Elevation: 1,034 ft / 315 m
- Coordinates: 44.9691, -95.7103
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,999 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montevideo%E2%80%93Chippewa_County_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612335
- Weather station: KMVE
- Ident: KMVE

## Timeline

- Sep 1945: Montevideo Chippewa County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 3,999 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | yes |
| 03/21 | 2,361 ft / 720 m | 165 ft / 50 m | Grass | 038° / 218° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,999 ft / 1,219 m | =9,960 of 29,858 | =4,134 in North America | =3,470 in US |
| Elevation | 1,034 ft / 315 m | =17,146 of 43,403 | =7,608 in North America | =6,058 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 111.600 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 125.500 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.450 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kmve/data