FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving 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 252-728-2323. |
Pattern altitude: | TPA: SINGLE ENGINE 1,000 FT AGL, TWIN ENGINE 1,500 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: | 124.1 [0630-2300] |
CHERRY POINT DEPARTURE: | 124.1 [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 edge markings: | FADED TO NONEXISTENT |
| 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 poor condition | | nonprecision, in poor 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: | 11 ft. brush, 315 ft. from runway, 124 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear 10 FT BRUSH 100-200 FT FM THLD OFFSET 108 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 good 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 THLD BOTH SIDES OF CNTRLN. | | 63 ft. trees, 1131 ft. from runway, 129 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear 8 FT BRUSH 48 FT FM THLD 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: | 10 ft. brush, 245 ft. from runway, 159 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear 15 FT BRUSH 0-200 FT FM THLD OFFSET 200 FT R OF CNTRLN AND 36 FT TREES 140 FT FM THLD OFFSET 213 FT R OF CNTRLN. | | 53 ft. trees, 505 ft. from runway, 82 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear 24 FT TREES 164 FT FM THLD OFFSET 138 FT L 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: | RENEE A. ROGERS 180 AIRPORT ROAD BEAUFORT, NC 28516 Phone 252-728-1928 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 61 | Single engine airplanes: | | 53 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 5 | Jet airplanes: | | 2 | Helicopters: | | 1 |
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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 20 August 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
- | NO LINE OF SIGHT BTWN RY 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. |
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 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (282KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 | |
download (263KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 14 | |
download (246KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (261KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (272KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 | |
download (274KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (39KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (141KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KNKT - Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (Cunningham Field) (15 nm NW)
KEWN - Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (28 nm NW)
KNCA - New River Marine Corps Air Station (H) (McCutcheon Field) (38 nm W)
W95 - Ocracoke Island Airport (41 nm NE)
KOAJ - Albert J Ellis Airport (47 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
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Photo by Brian Corley
Photo taken 20-Jan-2015
looking southeast.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 16-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:47 | | 11:47 |
Sunrise | | 07:14 | | 12:14 |
Sunset | | 17:19 | | 22:19 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:46 | | 22:46 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 16-Jan-2021 21:58:35 |
Local (UTC-5) | 16-Jan-2021 16:58:35 |
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METAR |
KMRH | 162058Z AUTO 25019G27KT 10SM OVC070 09/M03 A2966 RMK AO2 PK WND 26032/2008 SLP045 I1000 I3/// T00891028 53012 TSNO
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KNKT 14nm NW | 162154Z 26013G22KT 10SM BKN080 07/M03 A2971 RMK AO2 PK WND 27026/2115 SLP058 T00721028
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KNJM 18nm W | 162057Z AUTO 27013G24KT 10SM OVC075 09/M05 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 26032/2040 SLP055 T00891050 53015
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KQAJ 19nm W | 162056Z 23003KT 9999 FEW120 12/08 A2992 RMK AO2A SLP144 WND DATA ESTMD T01170083 402160090 50000
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KNBT 19nm NE | 162056Z AUTO 26015G29KT 10SM OVC075 08/M03 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 26033/2007 SLP043 T00831028 53014
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TAF |
KNKT 14nm NW | 1615/1715 25015G25KT 9999 SCT040 QNH2960INS BECMG 1700/1702 24008KT SKC QNH2976INS T10/1618Z T01/1712Z
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