Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field
SUT · KSUT · Oak Island, North Carolina · Brunswick County · map
Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field is a public-use airport owned by Brunswick CO Arpt Commission, 1 mile northeast of Oak Island, North Carolina, 26 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KSUT · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 9 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSUT 062055Z AUTO 06009G18KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3003 RMK AO2
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 SUT · ICAO KSUT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Brunswick CO Arpt Commission
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,505 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, boat 33 ft high 1,108 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 400 ft, 5,105 ft available for landing, trees 58 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.25 | |
| Wilmington and center (remote transmitter) High | 124.025 | |
| Sut and aWOS-3P | 124.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 910-457-1710.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Oak Island from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Oak Island, North Carolina: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Full flight school.
- Fuel available 24 hour self service with credit card.
- Unusable beyond 9 degrees left and beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 23:1 to dthr to 67 feet trees 1799 feet from dthr offset 38 feet right of centerline.
- 4 feet ditch 125 feet each side runway 05/23.
- Flight training and sightseeing operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Skydiving operations.
- Helicopter flight training and sightseeing tour operations in the vicinity of airport.
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.