Dead Cow Field
05NC · Beaufort, North Carolina · Carteret County · map
Dead Cow Field is a private airport, 3 miles nne of Beaufort, North Carolina, 11 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05NC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2013
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,400 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Michael J Smith Field (2 nm southwest), Coastal Carolina Regional (27 nm northwest), Albert J Ellis Airport (48 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Michael J Smith Field (2 nm southwest), Coastal Carolina Regional (27 nm northwest), Albert J Ellis Airport (48 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; owners of Dead Cow field airport and mrh airport enter into opnl loa.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Beaufort from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaufort, North Carolina: 14 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Beaufort 27 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Aviation Specialty Services LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/05NC.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.