Curtis L Brown JR Field
EYF · KEYF · Elizabethtown, North Carolina · Bladen County · map
Curtis L Brown JR Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Elizabethtown, 2 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, 131 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KEYF · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (25°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEYF 062015Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A3006 RMK AO2 T02460115
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EYF · ICAO KEYF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Elizabethtown
- Elevation
- 131 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,006 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 6 ft high 248 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.0 | |
| Eyf and aWOS-3P | 119.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 910-862-9982.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Elizabethtown from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Elizabethtown, North Carolina: 8 piston singles, 5 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters, 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.
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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 15 and 33 on dawn to 0100 or when medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 on. After 0100 activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 and taxiway - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Has 6 feet fence 0 to 200 feet from threshold offset 250 feet L of centerline.
- Low level military act in the vicinity of airport.
- Beacon obscured by trees to the east.
- 10 feet ditch along left side taxiway a toward runway 33.
- Farming operations near runways and taxiways.
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.