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Cherry Point, North Carolina

MCAS Cherry Point
Cunningham Field
MCAS CPoint.jpg
MCAS Cherry Point insignia
EA-6A Intruder over Cherry Point.jpg
Summary
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
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5L/23R 8,491 2,588 Asphalt
5R/23L 8,188 2,946 Asphalt
14L/32R 8,984 2,739 Asphalt
14R/32L 8,399 2,560 Asphalt
Sources: Official website and FAA

Coordinates: 34°54′03″N 076°52′51″W / 34.90083°N 76.88083°W / 34.90083; -76.88083

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point(*34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W / 34.9009°N 76.8807°W / 34.9009; -76.8807) (ICAO: KNKTFAA 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.


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