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KMRH ·

Michael J. Smith Field

34.73360°N
-76.66060°W
ARR / DAY
2
85.6%
DEP / DAY
2
78.9%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

52m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMRH 261458Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02440189 53001

Runway intelligence

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

14
58% of ops
520 land · 4 TO
08
25% of ops
222 land · 4 TO
21
9% of ops
79 land · 0 TO
26
5% of ops
43 land · 171 TO
03
3% of ops
28 land · 11 TO
32
1% of ops
10 land · 364 TO
Runway 14 carries 58% of operations (520 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

14 520 landings
UA 0%
08 222 landings
UA 0%
21 79 landings
UA 0%
26 43 landings
UA 0%
03 28 landings
UA 0%
32 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 520 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
16.6
flights/day · 498 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 16.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (19.1 vs 16.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 343 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:50 UTC