Michael J Smith Field
MRH · KMRH · Beaufort, North Carolina · Carteret County · map
Michael J Smith Field is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Beaufort, North Carolina, 10 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 62 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 43,800 takeoffs and landings a year. About 49 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMRH · observed 7:58 pm EDT (23:58 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:20 pm EDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMRH 062358Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01780128 10233 20178 53004
TAF KMRH 062320Z 0700/0724 04006KT P6SM FEW250 FM071600 07008KT P6SM BKN250
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 MRH · ICAO KMRH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1949
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,192 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, boat 35 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 289 ft, road 20 ft high 325 ft from the end
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 864 ft, road 20 ft high 312 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 516 ft, trees 43 ft high 1,125 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 490 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.575 | |
| Mrh and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.375 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 252-728-2055.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 43,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 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 · 9 since 1982, 1 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
- No line of sight between runway ends.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 oper continuously.
- Pattern altitude: single engine 1000 feet above ground level, twin engine 1500 feet above ground level.
- Check if hangar space is avail with airport man.
- Runway 14/32 closed.
- 9 feet fence 191 feet from end of runway both sides of centerline.
- 7 feet brush 100-200 feet from threshold offset 109 feet R of centerline.
- 10 feet brush 0-200 feet from threshold offset 171 feet R of centerline, and 11 feet trees 43 feet from threshold offset 206 feet R of centerline.
- 13 feet trees 63 feet from end of runway offset 165 feet R of centerline.
- Approach ratio 42:1 at displaced threshold due to 27 feet mast 1366 feet from displaced thld offset 367 feet L of centerline.
- Approach ratio 20:1 at displaced threshold due to 21 feet road 627 feet from displaced threshold both sides of centerline.
- Approach ratio 33:1 at displaced threshold due to 42 feet trees 1622 feet from displaced threshold offset 142 feet L of centerline.
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.