Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Oak Grove MCOLF (13NC) is a military outlying landing field near Pollocksville, North Carolina, operated in coordination with MCAS Cherry Point range control. The field is unattended and shows minimal recorded fixed-wing traffic, consistent with its role supporting military helicopter and UAS operations.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport has three paved runways. The longest, 05/23, is 4,200 ft long and 150 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
The airport has an operating control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Cherry Point McAs (cunningham Fld) (KNKT), 20 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport recorded 0 business aviation movements in 2025. Recorded operations at Oak Grove MCOLF are concentrated in a handful of months of the year rather than spread evenly across the calendar, per FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 0 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport averages 0.4 snow days in January.
Weather station is 5.5 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
Runway 09/27 is permanently closed.
Caution: extensive military helicopter and UAS operations occur on and in the vicinity of the airport. Runway 05/23 surface is good; all other runway surfaces are poor.
Closed, no facilities. Hold off to MCAS New River.
Restricted: fixed-wing operations are not authorized. All aircraft operations to, from, and at Oak Grove above 1500 feet AGL must be conducted using ATC radar advisory service.
Miscellaneous: full operating procedures are published in the MCAS Cherry Point Range Control standard operating procedures. Coordinate usage through MCAS Cherry Point Range Control, call sign Big Rock, on frequency 323.775. Aircraft using Oak Grove must check in with Range Control. Aircraft departing Oak Grove MCOLF must report the total number of operations to Range Control.
For clearance delivery, contact Washington ARTCC.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Oak Grove McOlf Airport has five airfields within 26 NM. The closest is Coastal Carolina Regional (KEWN), 10.43 NM east.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$600.00 catering order at 13NC.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Fixed-wing operations are not authorized at Oak Grove MCOLF. All aircraft operations to, from, and at the field above 1500 feet AGL must be conducted using ATC radar advisory service, reflecting its role as a military helicopter and UAS training site.
Oak Grove MCOLF lists three paved runways, 05/23, 09/27, and 01/19, but runway 09/27 is permanently closed. Runway 05/23 surface is reported in good condition, while the surfaces of the other runways are reported as poor.
Oak Grove MCOLF has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs point is Cherry Point MCAS, listed as KNKT, approximately 19.77 nautical miles away.