# Jack Mc Namara Field Airport (CEC / KCEC)

**Jack Mc Namara Field Airport** (IATA: CEC, ICAO: KCEC) is a medium airport in Crescent City, California, United States. It opened in Aug 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,002 ft (1,525 m). It is operated by Border Coast Regional Airport Authority. In 2025 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcec

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CEC / KCEC
- FAA: CEC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Border Coast Regional Airport Authority
- Owner: County of Del Norte
- Serves: Crescent City, California, United States
- Opened: Aug 1943
- Elevation: 61 ft / 19 m
- Coordinates: 41.7789, -124.2364
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,002 ft / 1,525 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 15,170 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Norte_County_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656177
- Weather station: KCEC
- Ident: KCEC

## Timeline

- Aug 1943: Jack Mc Namara Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | yes |
| 18/36 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 193° / 013° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 9,744 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 17,628 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 14,211 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 11,584 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 18,170 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 8,170 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 15,169 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 16,169 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 15,340 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 15,672 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 15,170 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [OAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koak.md) Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · United States · 300 mi / 483 km · Advanced Air
- [HHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khhr.md) Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport · United States · 631 mi / 1,015 km · Advanced Air

### Cargo (4)

- [ACV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kacv.md) California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport · United States · 56 mi / 90 km · FedEx Express
- [OTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koth.md) Southwest Oregon Regional Airport · United States · 113 mi / 182 km · Ameriflight
- [SMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmf.md) Sacramento International Airport · United States · 255 mi / 410 km · FedEx Express
- [PDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdx.md) Portland International Airport · United States · 276 mi / 444 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CEC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Advanced Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/advanced-air) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 2
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2025) | #2,537 of 3,974 | #604 in North America | #416 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | =6,437 of 29,858 | =2,277 in North America | =1,868 in US |
| Elevation | 61 ft / 19 m | =38,674 of 43,403 | =17,552 in North America | =14,546 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.925 |
| CNTR | SEATTLE CNTR | 124.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |
| RDO | OAKLAND RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ACV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kacv.md) California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [EKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keka.md) Murray Field · 68 mi / 109 km
- [MFR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmfr.md) Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport · 81 mi / 131 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Del Norte County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Del_Norte_County_Airport&oldid=1373822372), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcec/data