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📍 Beaufort⬆ 11 ft3 runways
KMRH ·

Michael J. Smith Field

34.73360°N
-76.66060°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 45.2%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 33.3%

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 5 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

51m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
14 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMRH 162358Z AUTO 21014KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02500217 10272 20250 53002

Runway intelligence

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

14
69% of ops
172 land · 6 TO
08
20% of ops
50 land · 2 TO
21
5% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
26
2% of ops
6 land · 20 TO
03
2% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
32
1% of ops
2 land · 103 TO
Runway 14 carries 69% of operations (172 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

14 172 landings
UA 1%
08 50 landings
UA 0%
21 13 landings
UA 0%
26 6 landings
UA 0%
03 6 landings
UA 0%
32 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 172 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
12.8
flights/day · 385 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (9.6 vs 14.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 262 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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