FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 MARCH 2023
Location
FAA Identifier: | MRH |
Lat/Long: | 34-44-01.5310N 076-39-37.2770W 34-44.025517N 076-39.621283W 34.7337586,-76.6603547 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 10.1 ft. / 3.1 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 08W (1985) |
From city: | 1 mile N of BEAUFORT, NC |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 28516 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 06/1949 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MRH (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0800-DUSK FOR SERVICE AFTER HOURS CALL 843-465-2846. |
Pattern altitude: | TPA: SINGLE ENGINE 1000 FT AGL, TWIN ENGINE 1500 FT AGL. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 08 & 26; PAPI RWY 03 & 21; MIRL RWY 03/21 & RWY 08/26 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 08 & 26 OPER CONSLY. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX ASOS: | 135.375 (252-728-2055) |
CHERRY POINT APPROACH: | 132.575 [0630-2300] |
CHERRY POINT DEPARTURE: | 132.575 [0630-2300] |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 125.65 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
EWNr145/27.8 | | NEW BERN VOR/DME | | 113.60 | | 08W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
Dimensions: | 5004 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
Latitude: | 34-43.987585N | | 34-44.296187N |
Longitude: | 076-40.143842W | | 076-39.217192W |
Elevation: | 6.4 ft. | | 9.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 076 magnetic, 068 true | | 256 magnetic, 248 true |
Displaced threshold: | no | | 289 ft. |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 12 ft. brush, 321 ft. from runway, 142 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear 7 FT BRUSH 100-200 FT FM THR OFFSET 113 FT R OF CNTRLN. | | 20 ft. road, 325 ft. from runway, 6:1 slope to clear |
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 4192 x 150 ft. / 1278 x 46 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 34-43.647803N | | 34-44.272613N |
Longitude: | 076-39.714480W | | 076-39.356975W |
Elevation: | 6.0 ft. | | 6.5 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 033 magnetic, 025 true | | 213 magnetic, 205 true |
Displaced threshold: | 864 ft. | | 516 ft. |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 20 ft. road, 312 ft. from runway, 5:1 slope to clear 9 FT FENCE 191 FT FM END OF RWY BOTH SIDES OF CNTRLN. | | 55 ft. trees, 1118 ft. from runway, 137 ft. left of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear 8 FT BRUSH 48 FT FM END OF RWY OFFSET 170 FT R OF CNTRLN. |
Runway 14/32
Dimensions: | 4001 x 100 ft. / 1220 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
| RUNWAY 14 | | RUNWAY 32 |
Latitude: | 34-44.171438N | | 34-43.725350N |
Longitude: | 076-39.931157W | | 076-39.342540W |
Elevation: | 6.1 ft. | | 10.1 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 141 magnetic, 133 true | | 321 magnetic, 313 true |
Displaced threshold: | no | | 490 ft. |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 6 ft. brush, 268 ft. from runway, 46 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear 10 FT BRUSH 0-200 FT FM THR OFFSET 171 FT R OF CNTRLN, AND 11 FT TREES 43 FT FM THR OFFSET 206 FT R OF CNTRLN. | | 55 ft. trees, 505 ft. from runway, 79 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear 7 FT FENCE 121 FT FM END RWY BOTH SIDES OF CNTRLN. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | BEAUFORT-MOREHEAD ARPT AUTH 180 AIRPORT ROAD BEAUFORT, NC 28516 Phone 252-728-1928 |
Manager: | JESSE VINSON 180 AIRPORT ROAD BEAUFORT, NC 28516 Phone 252-728-1928 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 54 | Single engine airplanes: | | 45 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 6 | Jet airplanes: | | 3 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 120/day * | 77% | local general aviation | 9% | transient general aviation | 9% | air taxi | 6% | military | * for 12-month period ending 24 July 2021 | |
Additional Remarks
- | NO LINE OF SIGHT BTWN RWY ENDS. |
- | DEER AND BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT AND BIRD-DROPPED SHELLS MAY CAUSE FOD. |
- | NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT, CTC AMGR 252-728-1928. |
- | AVOID OVERFLIGHTS OF BEAUFORT WATERFRONT AND BEAUFORT NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT. |
- | FOR CD CTC CHERRY POINT APCH AT 252-466-5960. |
- | MIL ACFT RWY 08/26 REQUIRED FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. |
- | SKYDIVING OPERATIONS - DO NOT OVERFLY ARPT. |
- | DUE TO VOLUME OF MIL TFC AND TRNG RCMD ALL ACFT USING MRH CTC CHERRY POINT APP 132.57 AB AND 125.65 PRIOR TO MRH DEP. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 23 March 2023 at 0901Z to 20 April 2023 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (277KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 | |
download (251KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 14 | |
download (241KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (255KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (263KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 | |
download (268KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (143KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (364KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KNKT - Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (Cunningham Field) Airport (15 nm NW)
KEWN - Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (28 nm NW)
KNCA - New River Marine Corps Air Station (McCutcheon Field) Airport (38 nm W)
W95 - Ocracoke Island Airport (41 nm NE)
KOAJ - Albert J Ellis Airport (47 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Brian Corley
Photo taken 20-Jan-2015
looking southeast.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 23-Mar-2023
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:42 | | 10:42 |
Sunrise | | 07:07 | | 11:07 |
Sunset | | 19:19 | | 23:19 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:45 | | 23:45 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 23-Mar-2023 14:38:04 |
Local (UTC-4) | 23-Mar-2023 10:38:04 |
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METAR |
KMRH | 231358Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM OVC005 16/16 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP243 I1000 T01610156
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KNKT 14nm NW | 231156Z 24005KT 6SM HZ OVC003 15/ A3025 RMK AO2 SLP241 T0150 10161 20117 53008 $
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KNJM 18nm W | 231357Z AUTO 5SM HZ OVC070 18/16 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP249 T01830156
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KNBT 19nm NE | 231415Z AUTO 26010G17KT 10SM SCT012 BKN070 21/16 A3023 RMK AO2 T02060161
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TAF |
KNKT 14nm NW | 2311/2409 VRB06KT 9999 BKN030 OVC050 QNH3019INS TEMPO 2309/2311 6000 BR BKN002 OVC015 BECMG 2314/2315 22012KT 9999 SCT035 BKN120 QNH3010INS T14/2309Z T24/2318Z AMD 1124
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NOTAMs |
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