Laurinburg/Maxton Airport
MEB · KMEB · Maxton, North Carolina · Scotland County · map
Laurinburg/Maxton Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Laurinburg & Maxton, 3 miles north of Maxton, North Carolina, 216 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,503 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 33 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 54,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMEB · observed 4:52 am EDT (08:52 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 8,000 feet
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 KMEB 120852Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM FEW080 17/16 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01670161 55002
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 28,000 ft to 41,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (FLO, 41 nm southwest), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 330° at 17 kt; 6,000 ft: 330° at 17 kt, 12 °C; 9,000 ft: 320° at 21 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 310° at 29 kt, 4 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 36 kt, -8 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8713 Maxton, NC, Friday, October 16, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC over this airport · air shows/sports · starts Friday 16 October
- 6/8508 Johnsontown, NC 38 nm east · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MEB · ICAO KMEB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Laurinburg & Maxton
- Elevation
- 216 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,503 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,536 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 187 ft, road 20 ft high 534 ft from the end
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 44 ft high 1,721 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 45 ft high 749 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.8 | |
| Meb and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 910-844-5338.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 26 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 54,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,000 |
| general aviation, local | 10,000 |
| military | 30,000 |
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.
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 Maxton from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Maxton, North Carolina: 1 drone. 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 North Carolina.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: P K Airpark (16 nm northeast), Lumberton Regional (19 nm southeast), Richmond County (20 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 parachute rigger examiners.
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Lumberton Regional Airport · Lumberton, NC (19 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · stevelhenderson6@gmail.com
- Elayne M Humphrey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Grays Creek Airport · Fayetteville, NC (27 nm) · (910) 224-8312 · elayne.humphrey@gmail.com
- Joe Daniel Rogers private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · FBO · Florence, SC (41 nm) · (843) 250-5111 · jdrogers9878@gmail.com
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (49 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · jnabors1124@gmail.com
All 12 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
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.
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; PAPI runway 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service with credit card.
- 2750 feet concrete stopway on southeast end.
- Military aircraft frqly oper from closed ptn of runway 13/31 and closed runway 18/36.
- Hvy paja at south end of closed runway 18/36 and south side runway 13/31.
- Farming eqpt and military operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 13/31 daylight use only.
- No LN of sight between runway ends.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Maxton 1 aircraft · 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 306 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 7,129 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MEB.json.
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 9, 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.