MCAS Cherry Point Cunningham Field |
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MCAS Cherry Point insignia
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | United States Marine Corps | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Havelock, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In use | May 20, 1942 - present | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Commander | Col. Todd W. Ferry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: Official website and FAA
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Coordinates: 34°54′03″N 076°52′51″W / 34.90083°N 76.88083°W
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point(*34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W / 34.9009°N 76.8807°W) (ICAO: KNKT, FAA LID: NKT) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, USA, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
MCAS Cherry Point also maintains a satellite field at MCALF Bogue, in Bogue, North Carolina, as well as an outlying airfield at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Atlantic in Atlantic, NC. Several former outlying landing fields have been converted to regional airports, such as MCOF Greenville, MCAA Kinston, and MCOF New Bern.