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 and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KNKT · observed 10:55 am EDT (14:55 UTC), 48 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 15 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.41 inHg
The forecast issued Sat 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC), good until Sun 9:00 am EST (14:00 UTC)
- From Sat 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 9 knots, gusting to 18, a few clouds at 3,000 feet
- Changing between Sat 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC) and 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC) to: wind from the northeast at 10 knots, gusting to 20, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 14,000 feet
- Changing between Sat 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC) and 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC) to: wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, a few clouds at 2,000 feet, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR and TAF)
METAR KNKT 311455Z 04015KT 10SM CLR 18/09 A3041 RMK AO2 SLP293 T01830094 51021
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KNKT
- the station, KNKT
- 311455Z
- observed 10:55 am EDT (14:55 UTC)
- 04015KT
- wind from the northeast at 15 knots
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- CLR
- clear skies
- 18/09
- temperature 18 °C (64 °F), dew point 9 °C (48 °F)
- A3041
- altimeter setting 30.41 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- SLP293
- sea-level pressure 1029.3 hPa
- T01830094
- temperature 18.3 °C (65 °F), dew point 9.4 °C (49 °F)
- 51021
- pressure in the last three hours rising, then steady, change 2.1 hPa
TAF KNKT 310700Z 3108/0114 04009G18KT 9999 FEW030 QNH3026INS BECMG 3114/3116 05010G20KT 9999 SCT030 SCT140 QNH3036INS BECMG 0100/0102 06008KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 QNH3040INS TX20/3118Z TN11/0110Z
- TAF
- a terminal aerodrome forecast: the weather expected at the airport, usually for the next 24 or 30 hours
- KNKT
- the station, KNKT
- 310700Z
- issued 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC)
- 3108/0114 04009G18KT 9999 FEW030 QNH3026INS
- valid from Sat 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC) to Sun 9:00 am EST (14:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 9 knots, gusting to 18, 9999, a few clouds at 3,000 feet, lowest altimeter setting expected 30.26 inches
- BECMG 3114/3116 05010G20KT 9999 SCT030 SCT140 QNH3036INS
- becoming from Sat 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC) to Sat 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, gusting to 20, 9999, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 14,000 feet, lowest altimeter setting expected 30.36 inches
- BECMG 0100/0102 06008KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 QNH3040INS TX20/3118Z TN11/0110Z
- becoming from Sat 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC) to Sat 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, 9999, a few clouds at 2,000 feet, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet, lowest altimeter setting expected 30.40 inches, tx20/3118z, tn11/0110z
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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, JP-5; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, JP-5
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Coastal Carolina Regional (13 nm northwest), Michael J Smith Field (15 nm southeast), Albert J Ellis Airport (36 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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cherry Point from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cherry Point, NC as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NKT.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 30, 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.