Meridian Naval Air Station (MC Cain Field)
NMM · KNMM · Meridian, Mississippi · Lauderdale County · map
Meridian Naval Air Station (MC Cain Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 11 miles northeast of Meridian, Mississippi, 316 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01L/19R, is 8,003 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additives, JP-8).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NMM · ICAO KNMM
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 316 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 900 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 1300-0500z++ mon-thur; 1300-2300z++ friday, closed saturday, sunday and holidays except by notam..
- Attended
- Monday to THUR, 1:00 pm to 4:00 am++; Friday, 12:00 pm to 2200z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives, JP-8; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 8,003 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 01R/19L | 8,000 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 6,402 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01L: non-standard, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 19R: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 19L: ILS with DME, non-standard, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Tower | 126.2 | Mc Cain |
| Approach · Approach and departure South | 120.5 | Mc Cain |
| Approach West | 120.95 | Mc Cain |
| Approach · Approach and departure East | 121.275 | Mc Cain |
| Departure South | 124.8 | Mc Cain |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Mc Cain |
| Meridian and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.975 | Mc Cain |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives, JP-8
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Key Field (17 nm southwest), Demopolis Regional (31 nm east), Philadelphia Municipal (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 Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays except by NOTAM.
- Operations duty off (odo) on autovon 446-2470.
- Hook E28(B) (1750')
- Hook E28(B) (1250')
- Hook E28(B) (1250')
- Hook E28(B) (1748')
- Hook E28(B) (1251')
- Hook E28(B) (1250')
- Service available during airfield hours of operations. Expect 1 hour refuel delays.
- Optical landing system and WAVE-OFF.
- Optical landing system.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Meridian from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Meridian, Mississippi: 41 piston singles, 9 balloons, 5 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Key Field Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Toomsuba, 9 miles away Field Flyers, LLC is a veteran-owned agricultural services company based in Stockton, Missouri that provides drone crop dusting and spreading services to farmers using the DJI T40 drone.
Repair stations in Meridian:
- Meridian Airport Authority Dean Aircraft Service is a Part 145 repair station based in Meridian, Mississippi, providing aircraft maintenance and avionics services across the United States since 1983.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Aircraft registered in Meridian 61 aircraft · 41 piston singles, 9 balloons, 5 business jets
- Meridian Airport Authority 4 aircraft in town
- Planepower LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Key Field Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Meridian Airport Authority · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NMM.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 28, 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.