KNBC

Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field

ICAO KNBC32.4774°N 80.7232°W37 ft / 11 mMedium airport
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Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field (ICAO: KNBC) is a medium airport in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 12,202 ft (3,719 m). It is operated by United States Marine Corps.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
1943
OpenedBeaufort MCAS - Merritt Field opens.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05/23042° / 222° · LIT
LENGTH12,202 ft3,719 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEPaved
14/32135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH8,001 ft2,439 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEPaved

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway12,202 ft3,719 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#263of 29,823 · #63 North America · #54 USElevation37 ft11 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,949of 43,341 · =18,095 North America · =14,910 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.450
ATISATIS27.800
GCCDGND/CLNC DEL128.150
OPSBASE OPS28.180
PMSVPMSV METRO26.450
TWRTWR119.050