Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (Cunningham Field)
NKT · KNKT · Cherry Point, North Carolina · Pamlico County · map
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (Cunningham Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 2 miles northeast of Cherry Point, North Carolina, 29 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 14L/32R, is 8,978 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, JP-5).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KNKT · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,600 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC), good until Wed 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the east at 12 knots, gusting to 22, scattered clouds at 8,000 feet
- At times between Tue 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC) and 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 12 knots
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 7 knots, a few clouds at 2,000 feet
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind light and variable, a few clouds at 18,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KNKT 062155Z 08006KT 10SM FEW046 21/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02110128
TAF KNKT 061700Z 0616/0722 08012G22KT 9999 SCT080 531609 532507 QNH3005INS TEMPO 0617/0623 06012KT FM062300 05007KT 9999 FEW020 531609 532507 QNH3002INS FM071600 VRB06KT 9999 FEW180 500000 QNH2992INS TX24/0719Z TN13/0711Z
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 NKT · ICAO KNKT
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, JP-5
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14L/32R | 8,978 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 05L/23R | 8,489 × 196 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 14R/32L | 8,397 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 05R/23L | 8,189 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 05L: threshold displaced 935 ft, 7,554 ft available for landing
- Runway 23R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,554 ft available for landing
- Runway 14R: threshold displaced 848 ft, 7,549 ft available for landing
- Runway 32L: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), 7,549 ft available for landing
- Runway 05R: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.475 | Cherry Point |
| Clearance delivery When ewn tower closed | 120.525 | New Bern |
| Clearance delivery | 125.65 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.95 | Cherry Point |
| Ground | 128.625 | Cherry Point |
| Tower | 121.3 | Cherry Point |
| Approach and departure (west) | 119.35 | Cherry Point |
| Approach and departure East above 3000 feet | 119.75 | Cherry Point |
| Approach and departure · Departure (H) | 124.1 | Cherry Point |
| Approach and departure | 124.725 | |
| Approach and departure East 3000 feet and below | 132.575 | Cherry Point |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Cherry Point |
| Base and operations | 126.2 | Cherry Point |
Aircraft registered in Cherry Point from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cherry Point, NC as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Pattern altitude: 1000 feet above ground level, ovhd pattern altitude 1500 feet above ground level.
- Hook E28(B) (1500 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1500 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (2438 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (1500 feet)
- Fuel: hot pit rfl available.
- Aircraft structural DE-ICING available.
- Light: portable LGT-MOBILE flood light.
- A-GEAR: all E-28(B) in raised posn except on landing runway. Rqr 15 minimum PN.
- Jasu: 2 working days PN rqr. 2(GTC-85) 1(NCPP-105)
- Fluid: SP presair hpox lox DE-ICE.
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.