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.
Weather right now KNMM · observed 4:56 pm CDT (21:56 UTC), 9 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,600 feet
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind light and variable, scattered clouds at 1,100 feet
- From Tue 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, a few clouds at 5,500 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KNMM 062156Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT046 29/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02940178
TAF KNMM 061400Z 0615/0715 VRB06KT 9999 SCT011 QNH3000INS FM061600 05010KT 9999 SCT035 QNH2989INS FM070000 VRB04KT 9999 FEW055 SCT250 QNH2989INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 0705 TIL 0711 TX29/0621Z TN16/0711Z FN20082
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives, JP-8
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.