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📍 Beaufort⬆ 11 ft3 runways
KMRH ·

Michael J. Smith Field

34.73360°N
-76.66060°W
ARR / DAY
3
69.2%
DEP / DAY
3
63.0%

Michael J. Smith Field (KMRH) is a small general aviation airport located in Beaufort, NC, 81 mi north east of Wilmington. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
9 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMRH 272058Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM FEW018 SCT032 27/23 A2998 RMK AO2 RAB25E46 SLP152 P0000 60000 T02720233 55014

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

14
61% of ops
152 land · 16 TO
08
18% of ops
45 land · 4 TO
21
14% of ops
34 land · 2 TO
26
4% of ops
10 land · 28 TO
32
3% of ops
7 land · 99 TO
03
1% of ops
2 land · 5 TO
Runway 14 carries 61% of operations (152 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 18%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

14 152 landings
UA 0%
08 45 landings
UA 0%
21 34 landings
UA 6%
26 10 landings
UA 0%
32 7 landings
UA 0%
03 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 152 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
13.6
flights/day · 408 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 13.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (14.4 vs 14.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (23% of 288 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 132.575
APCH 299.600
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 135.375
CD/P 125.650
OTHER 125.650
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:26 UTC