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KNBC — Beaufort Mcas (Merritt Fld)
Beaufort, SC · field elevation 37 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RATCF
KNBC current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KNBC 111156Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 70023 T02610239 10261 20233 53008
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,130 ft · pressure altitude -153 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 35,000–35,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KNBC 110800Z 1108/1214 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3006INS BECMG 1117/1119 25007KT 9999 VCTS SCT030CB BKN080 QNH2997INS TEMPO 1118/1122 VRB10G20KT 4800 TSRA BR BKN030CB BKN080 FM112300 VRB06KT 9999 FEW030 SCT080 QNH2997INS BECMG 1200/1202 VRB06KT 9999 FEW150 QNH2991INS FM120800 27010KT 9999 SCT065 QNH2991INS TX35/1119Z TN26/1210Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 32.48057, -80.71924
- Elevation
- 37 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1044Z / 0012Z
- Tower hours
- OPR 1200-0400Z++ MON-THU, 1200-2400Z++ FRI, 2000-2200Z++ SUN, CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT BY NOTAM.
- Magnetic variation
- -5° (1990)
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Beaufort, SC
Airport diagram
Everything else KNBC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 12,202 | 200 | PEM | HIGH |
| 14/32 | 8,001 | 200 | PEM | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Tower OPR 1200-0400Z++ MON-THU, 1200-2400Z++ FRI, 2000-2200Z++ SUN, CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT BY NOTAM.
- 119.05
- Ground
- 128.15
- Clearance
- 128.15
- Approach 3000 FT & BLW
- 123.7
- Approach ABV 3000 FT
- 125.125
Published procedures
- 1 approach — LD
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KHXD Hilton Head15 nm
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- KSVN Hunter AAF36 nm
- KJZI Charleston Exec39 nm
- KDYB Summerville41 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KNBC airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Carolina airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.