Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
GSB · KGSB · Goldsboro, North Carolina · Wayne County · map
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf Airfield Ops, 3 miles southeast of Goldsboro, North Carolina, 109 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 11,760 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additive).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KGSB · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC), good until Wed 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 12 knots, a few clouds at 4,000 feet, a few clouds at 24,000 feet
- At times between Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC) and 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 3 knots, mist, a few clouds at 1,500 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGSB 062155Z 05008KT 10SM FEW050 23/08 A3005 RMK AO2A SLP179 T02310080 $
TAF KGSB 061500Z 0615/0721 06012KT 9999 FEW040 FEW240 QNH3009INS TEMPO 0708/0712 04003KT 4800 BR FEW015 TX24/0619Z TN08/0709Z
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 GSB · ICAO KGSB
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf Airfield Ops
- Elevation
- 109 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,191 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 1200-0400z++
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0400z++
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 11,760 × 300 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery | 128.025 | Seymour Johnson |
| Ground | 132.45 | Seymour Johnson |
| Tower | 126.25 | Seymour Johnson |
| Approach · Departure · Approach and departure arriving from headings 111 to 257; South | 119.7 | Seymour Johnson |
| Approach and departure | 121.175 | |
| Approach · Departure arriving from headings 258 to 110; North | 123.7 | Seymour Johnson |
| Approach (secondary) · Approach and departure | 127.3 | Seymour Johnson |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Seymour Johnson |
| New Bern Center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.85 | Seymour Johnson |
Aircraft registered in Goldsboro from the FAA register
55 aircraft are registered to owners in Goldsboro, North Carolina: 44 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 drones, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters. 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
- FSS-RALEIGH RDU-NOTAM rdu.
- Pattern altitude: rectangular 1191 feet AGL/1300 feet above sea level. Ovhd pattern 1691 feet AGL/1800 feet above sea level. LT aircraft 891 feet AGL/1000 feet above sea level.
- Hook BAK-12A(B) (36 feet ovrn) hook BAK-12B(B) (1490 feet).
- Hook BAK-12B(B) (1490 feet) hook BAK-12A(B) (52 feet ovrn).
- Large aircraft.
- Misc runway 08/26, from aer 26 first 1000X300 feet concrete. 1000 feet to 3100 feet is 150 feet wide concrete with 75 feet asphalt each side; 3100 feet to 10760 feet is 75 feet wide concrete and 112.5 feet asphalt each side; FR 10760 feet to 11760 feet are 300 feet wide concrete. No shoulders on runway. Runway lights along usable pav.
- Light: runway 08-26 70 feet gated threshold light.
- A-GEAR: BAK-12B(B) always in place. The potential for tail hook slip exist, due concrete inlay meeting asphalt pavement at the runway 26 underrun/runway 08 ovrn bak 12 barrier.
- Jasu: 8(M32A-60A/B) 5(M32A-86) 1(MC-11) 1(MC-1A).
- Fluid: SP presair lpox lox - 24 hour prior permission required.
- Oil: O-148 soap.
- Tran alert: available 1200-0400Z++ MON-FRI, 1530-2300Z++ SAT-SUN standby all other times. Exp 1-2 hour service/refuel delays wkend, holidays, peak periods and ltd maintenance. Ltd fleet service available for military aircraft only. 50 gal lavatory cart will be supplied to aircrew to service aircraft.
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.