Michael J. Smith Field

Michael J. Smith Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KMRH – FAA LID: MRH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Beaufort-Morehead City Airport Authority
Serves	Beaufort, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	34°44′01″N 076°39′38″W / 34.73361°N 76.66056°WCoordinates: 34°44′01″N 076°39′38″W / 34.73361°N 76.66056°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 4,191 1,277 Asphalt 8/26 5,003 1,525 Asphalt 14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 43,800 Based aircraft 75
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Michael J. Smith Field (ICAO: KMRH, FAA LID: MRH) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Beaufort and northeast of Morehead City, in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Beaufort-Morehead City Airport Authority.^[1]

The airport is named in memory of astronaut Michael J. Smith, a native of Beaufort who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.^[2] It was formerly known as Beaufort-Morehead City Airport.^[3]

Although most U.S. airports are assigned the same three-letter location identifier by the FAA and IATA, Michael J. Smith Field is assigned MRH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[4] (which assigned MRH to May River Airport in Papua New Guinea).^[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Michael J. Smith Field covers an area of 400 acres (160 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways:

• 3/21 measuring 4,191 x 150 ft. (1,277 x 46 m)
• 8/26 at 5,003 x 100 ft. (1,525 x 30 m)
• 14/32 at 4,000 x 100 ft. (1,219 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 5, 2015, the airport averaged 120 operations per day: 86% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 6% military. At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport of which 54 were single-engine, 7 were multi-engine, and 2 were jet airplanes.^[6]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for MRH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
2. Segrave Aviation, Inc. - Airport's fixed-base operator (FBO). Retrieved 2006-12-08.
3. More about Morehead - Morehead City web site. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
4. Great Circle Mapper: KMRH - Beaufort, North Carolina (Michael J. Smith Field)
5. Aviation Safety Network: MRH - May River Airport, Papua New Guinea

External links

• Michael J. Smith Field (MRH) PDF at North Carolina DOT airport guide
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MRH, effective April 28, 2016
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MRH
  • AirNav airport information for KMRH
  • ASN accident history for MRH
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures