Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (Merritt Field)

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, SALSF
• Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
• Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
• Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Beaufort Executive (6 nm southeast), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (14 nm west), Hilton Head Airport (15 nm south), Lowcountry Regional (27 nm north).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Beaufort Executive (6 nm southeast), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (14 nm west), Hilton Head Airport (15 nm south), Lowcountry Regional (27 nm north).

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 South Carolina · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Salsf runway 05; ALSF-1 runway 23; PAPI runway 05, 14, 23 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23, 14/32 operates continuously.
• Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Special operates by prior permission required and NOTAM only.
• Hook E28(B) (2050')
• Hook E28(B) (1249')
• Hook E28(B) (1900')
• Hook E28(B) (1250')
• Service: A-GEAR - E-28 on all runway in raised position, except on landing runway.
• Tran alert: transient service available 1200-2300Z++ MON-FRI only, closed natl holidays. (see rtsd for addnl tran aircraft information) tran aircraft exp truck refuel. Tran aircraft maintenance unavailable. Tran avn ordnance service available. Lavatory service unavailable. Jasu, fluid, and oil unavailable.
• Remarks: operates 1200-0400Z++ MON-THU, 1200-2400Z++ Friday, 2000-2200Z++ Sunday, closed Saturday and holidays, OT by NOTAM.
• Communications: sfa remarks: as asgn.
• See terminal flip for radar minima.

Aircraft registered in Beaufort from the FAA register

52 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaufort, South Carolina: 45 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 gyroplane. 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 South Carolina.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Beaufort Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · Beaufort, 7 miles away Beaufort Flight Training and Rentals is a flight school in Beaufort, South Carolina that offers flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, and multi-engine ratings, as well as aircraft rental.
• Executive Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Beaufort, 7 miles away Executive Flight Training is a flight school offering type rating and recurrent training for business aircraft including Citations, King Airs, TBMs, PC-12s, and twin Cessnas.
• Frogmore Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · St Helena Is, 13 miles away

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles