# Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/

> Cherry Point, US · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| City | Cherry Point |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 9 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 34.90090, -76.88070 |

## Description

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point with Cunningham Field opened in 1941 near Havelock, North Carolina, and has grown into the largest Marine Corps air station on the US East Coast and the headquarters of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. Aircraft based here include the F-35 Lightning II and the KC-130 Hercules, and the station is closed to commercial merchandise: there is no commercial cargo handling and no ground handling agent for forwarder shipments. Its real logistics weight lies in maintenance rather than movement, because Fleet Readiness Center East, a US Navy aviation depot operating on the station since 1943, overhauls aircraft and components with material flowing through defence procurement channels rather than the open market. Civil air freight for Craven County and the surrounding coastal region is handled at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) in New Bern, Wilmington International (ILM), and the larger gateways at Raleigh-Durham (RDU) and Charlotte Douglas (CLT). Heavy or oversized pieces often travel through the seaport of Morehead City some 40 kilometres to the south-east, reached via US-70, with import clearance by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the civil ports of entry. Deliveries to the station itself run on defence contracts and fall under the US export control regimes ITAR and EAR.

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