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 and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bogue Field Mcalf…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Michael J Smith Field (18 nm east), Coastal Carolina Regional (23 nm north), Albert J Ellis Airport (30 nm west), Wallace-Pender Airport (48 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Michael J Smith Field (18 nm east), Coastal Carolina Regional (23 nm north), Albert J Ellis Airport (30 nm west), Wallace-Pender Airport (48 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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 Swansboro 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- 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/NJM.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.