Bogue Field Mcalf
NJM · KNJM · Swansboro, North Carolina · Carteret County · map
Bogue Field Mcalf is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 4 miles east of Swansboro, North Carolina, 21 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,848 feet of psp. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KNJM · observed 5:51 pm EDT (21:51 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KNJM 062151Z AUTO 04011KT 8SM CLR 22/13 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02170128 $
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 NJM · ICAO KNJM
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operations hours published by 2nd marine air wing; contact air operations required schedule/usage dsn 582-0674. c252-466-0674.
- Attended
- every day, *
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,848 × 96 ft | Psp | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.45 | Bogue |
| Approach and departure | 132.575 | Bogue |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Bogue |
| Sfa | 119.5 | Bogue |
Aircraft registered in Swansboro from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Swansboro, North Carolina: 6 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Bearing strength runway 05-23: ST175
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Attended 1200-2000Z+ MON-FRI except federal holidays. After hours available with prior cdn with aops.
- Runways 05 and 23 approach lights non-standard. Approach lights have 5 bars 100 feet apart.
- Fuel: J5
- Fluid: SP
- Tran alert: no hangar, aircraft service or tran maintenance available. Hot reful required qualified crew member present to assist.
- Caution: all runway and taxiway surface consist of AM-2 aluminum matting coated with NON-SKID all weather surface, BA good, rcr 19-25. Traffic pattern - left traffic: runway 05, 1000' 1 1/2 NM abeam and outside white oak elementary school; runway 23, 1000' 1 1/4 NM abeam.
- Misc: vert takeoff of AV8 aircraft FR confined area landing (cal) sites located 800' southeast of approach end runway 23.
- M31(B) arresting gear 1020 feet from runway 05 and 23 thlds.
- REMARKS-MISC: vert takeoff of R/west aircraft FR confined area landing (cal) sites located 800 feet southeast of approach end runway 23.
- Rmk misc: guthrie forward arming refueling point (farp), located 1020 feet northeast of approach end runway 5, 1200 feet an X 150 feet asphalt, contact air operations required schedule/usage.
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.