Jack MC Namara Field
CEC · KCEC · Crescent City, California · Del Norte County · map
Jack MC Namara Field is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Crescent City, California, 61 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 16 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,565 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,112 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Jack MC Namara Field?
Its FAA code is CEC, and its ICAO code is KCEC.
Where is Jack MC Namara Field?
It is 3 miles northwest of Crescent City, California, 61 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Jack MC Namara Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 5,002 feet long.
Does Jack MC Namara Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jack MC Namara Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Jack MC Namara Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Oakland San Francisco Bay, Chico Regional, Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal, California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County, Sacramento International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jack MC Namara Field?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Jack MC Namara Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CEC · ICAO KCEC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 61 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 86 ft high 1,520 ft from the end
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 148 ft, 4,850 ft available for landing, gnd 55 ft high 1,075 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, 4,850 ft available for landing, road 9 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cec and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.925 | |
| Crescent City Rco | 122.3 | Crescent City · Communications provided by oakland radio on frequency 122.3 (Crescent City rco). |
| Arcata and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 707-465-5458.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brookings Airport (18 nm north), California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County (49 nm south).
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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Prior to 15 may 59
- A 150 feet lighted tower 3300 feet west cec VOR.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; runway end identifier lights runway 18, 36, and 30; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ridge lns of shifting sand dunes 30-50 feet above ground level and 1000 feet off approach end runway 18.
- Transient parking ramp estd weight limit 20000 pounds, the FBO (fixed-base operator) ramp estd weight limit 60000 pounds.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 969 departures from CEC in those twelve months, carrying 7,613 passengers in 14,463 seats (53% filled), to 10 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 10 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,565, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,390 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,800 |
| general aviation, local | 6,200 |
| military | 175 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Crescent City from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Crescent City, California: 13 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Crescent City 14 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK) 373 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Chico Regional (CIC) 355 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) 117 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County (ACV) 72 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Sacramento International (SMF) 47 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Jack MC Namara Field (CEC) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Murray Field (EKA) 1 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CEC.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 28, 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.