Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME), Maryland
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
KFME, Fort Meade Executive, is a single-runway general aviation field in Odenton, Maryland, close under the Baltimore / Washington Class B airspace. It handles a modest volume of business aviation traffic and operates without a control tower.
Runways
Fort Meade Executive Airport has one paved runway, 10/28, 3,000 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
Fort Meade Executive Airport has Jet A+ and 100LL available on the field. Fueling is available from 8:30am to 6pm, daily, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Fort Meade Executive Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall (KBWI), 7 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Fort Meade Executive Airport recorded 625 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Business aviation traffic at KFME peaks sharply in July, with volume roughly double most other months of the year.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 112 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is 3.2 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Fort Meade Executive Airport has published operating constraints in five categories: access, runway notes, noise procedures, environmental and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Potomac Approach.
Pilot-controlled REIL for runways 10 and 28, PAPI for runways 10 and 28, and MIRL for runway 10/28 are activated via CTAF.
The PAPI is unusable beyond 5 degrees left of course due to trees, and beyond 8 degrees right of course.
Personnel and equipment are working adjacent to all taxiways and runways 10 and 28 indefinitely.
Runways 10 and 28 have REIL; MIRL for runway 10/28 operates on photocell during daylight hours.
Runway 28 noise abatement procedure: with obstacles cleared, fly an upwind track of 265 degrees until clear of the townhomes.
Deer are present on the runway and taxiways.
24-hour self-service 100LL fuel is available with credit card payment.
24-hour self-service Jet A+ fuel is available with credit card payment.
The PAPI is unusable beyond 8 degrees left and right of course.
Pilots should be alert for numerous BWI turbojet arrivals and departures in the area. Fly the traffic pattern south of the field to avoid the BWI Class B airspace. Remain clear of BWI Class B airspace until clearance is obtained.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Fort Meade Executive Airport has five airfields within 20 NM. The closest is Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall (KBWI), 6.87 NM northeast.
Part of the Baltimore area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at KFME
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The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at KFME.
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The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
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Frequently asked questions
What runway does KFME offer?
Fort Meade Executive (KFME) has one paved runway, 10/28, measuring 3,000 feet long and 75 feet wide with an asphalt surface. There is no parallel or crosswind runway option at this field.
Is fuel available at KFME?
KFME offers both 100LL and Jet A+ on a 24-hour self-service basis, payable by credit card. No attended fuel service is listed beyond the field's standard attendance schedule of 0830 to 1800 daily.
Does KFME have on-site customs clearance?
KFME does not have on-site customs processing. The nearest customs facility is Baltimore / Washington International (KBWI), located approximately 6.87 nautical miles away.