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
- Codes
- FAA 05NC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Beaufort from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaufort, North Carolina: 15 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; owners of Dead Cow field airport and mrh airport enter into opnl loa.
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.