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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,800 takeoffs and landings a year. About 49 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Michael J Smith Field?
Its FAA code is MRH, and its ICAO code is KMRH.
Where is Michael J Smith Field?
It is 1 mile north of Beaufort, North Carolina, 10 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Michael J Smith Field?
The longest of its 3 runways, 08/26, is 5,004 feet long.
Does Michael J Smith Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Michael J Smith Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Michael J Smith 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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 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
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Coastal Carolina Regional (28 nm northwest), Albert J Ellis Airport (47 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 53 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 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 43,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,728 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,728 |
| general aviation, local | 33,549 |
| military | 2,795 |
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 Beaufort from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaufort, North Carolina: 14 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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 aviation medical examiner, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 training center examiner.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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, 1 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Beaufort 26 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Aviation Specialty Services LLC 9 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 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 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MRH.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 27, 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.