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KMRH ·

Michael J. Smith Field

34.73360°N
-76.66060°W
ARR / DAY
8
68.6%
DEP / DAY
5
36.0%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
9 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMRH 022058Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03060244 58011

Runway intelligence

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

14
60% of ops
232 land · 28 TO
08
19% of ops
73 land · 6 TO
21
11% of ops
43 land · 3 TO
26
5% of ops
19 land · 42 TO
32
4% of ops
15 land · 141 TO
03
1% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 14 carries 60% of operations (232 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

14 232 landings
UA 0%
08 73 landings
UA 0%
21 43 landings
UA 5%
26 19 landings
UA 0%
32 15 landings
UA 0%
03 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 232 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
12.9
flights/day · 388 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 12.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (13.2 vs 13.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 287 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 14:18 UTC