New River Marine Corps Air Station (Mccutcheon Field)
NCA · KNCA · Jacksonville, North Carolina · Onslow County · map
New River Marine Corps Air Station (Mccutcheon Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 3 miles south of Jacksonville, North Carolina, 26 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,125 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 NCA · ICAO KNCA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 1 oct-30 apr 1300-0600z++ mon-thu; 1300-2400z++ friday; 1 may-30 sep 1400-0700z++ mon-thu; 1400-0100z++ friday
- Attended
- Monday to Thursday, 1:00 pm to 0600z++; Friday, 1:00 pm to 0000z++; Saturday, sunday/holidays/closed
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,125 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 4,789 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, SALSF
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 134.95 | New River |
| Ground | 121.8 | New River |
| Approach and departure | 119.35 | New River |
| Arrival | 124.85 | New River |
| Emergency | 121.5 | New River |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Albert J Ellis Airport (11 nm northwest), Wallace-Pender Airport (28 nm west), Coastal Carolina Regional (29 nm northeast), Duplin County (32 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Albert J Ellis Airport (11 nm northwest), Wallace-Pender Airport (28 nm west), Coastal Carolina Regional (29 nm northeast), Duplin County (32 nm northwest).
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
- Light: runway 19 and 23 threshold light vary FR 1 feet to 15 feet FR edge of the pavement.
- Non-standard pcl all runways vhf 120.0: 3 clicks step 1; 5 clicks step 3; 7 clicks off. Expect 20 second delay for runway lights to activate. Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19, runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Non vstol tactical jets proh from landing.
- Afld hours subj to chg by NOTAM. see flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Restricted: taxiway 'C' and taxiway 'E' closed to C-130 and larger aircraft.
- Caution: bird haz OCT-APR. wildlife haz on airport, especially sunset to sunrise.
- Lighting available only durg operating hours.
- Misc: automated weather (ASOS) weather does not adjust for DT, status will indicate UTC-5.
- Men and equipment operating on movement areas when tower is closed.
- Fuel: J5. Hot fuel service available dur published field hour for R/west aircraft only. Cold fuel service available 1300Z++ until two hour prior to field closure MON-THU and 1300-0000Z++ Friday.
- Rmk: military aircraft operations conducted outside of publ hours. Use frequency 360.2.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jacksonville from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Jacksonville, North Carolina: 23 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 turboprop, 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jacksonville 29 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 turboprops
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 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/NCA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.