KNKT MCAS Cherry Point

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Km	Bearing
2.9	215		Craven Community College, North Carolina
24.2	322	KEWN	Coastal Carolina Regional, North Carolina
26.3	140	NC80	Morehead City State Port Terminal Heliport, North Carolina
27.4	132	KMRH	Michael J Smith Field, North Carolina
29.1	325	NC57	Carolinaeast Medical Center Heliport, North Carolina
54.6	231		Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

1941 to present
34° 54' 2.88'' N - 76° 52' 50.87'' W
Havelock, NC

ICAO: KNKT	IATA: NKT	FAA: NKT

Elevation: 29 feet

List of units at MCAS Cherry Point	Login to Edit

Years	Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit	bold : Current Model normal: Unit no longer at this base

2008/14	HMH-366	S-80 H-53E 2008/

2008/	HMLA-467	UH-1Y Venom 2013/ UH-1N 2008/13 209 AH-1 Cobra 2008/

1984/	VMU-2	K-MAX 2012/14

1952/54	HMM-263	S-55 H-19 1952/56

1951/54	HMM-262	S-55 H-19 1951/54

1951/54	HMM-261	S-55 H-19 1951/56

1946/52	VMO-1	H-43 Huskie ??/64

1944/45	HMH-463

1941/17	VMR-1	107M H-46 Sea Knight 1974/15

	FRCE

MCAS Cherry Point News

Critical Parts for CH/MH-53E Helicopters, 08-Nov-21 : #CriticalParts Partnership between US Navy Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) in Cherry Point, NC and Sikorsky is helping meet needs for critical parts for CH-53E Super Stallion and MH-53E Sea Dragon heavy-lift helicopters

First Maintenance Service for VIP Osprey, 03-Sep-21 : #Osprey Presidential squadron HMX-1 inducted for service at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) Cherry Point, NC for the first time a VIP MV-22B Green Osprey as part of Planned Maintenance Interval PMI-2 services. The depot beat the requested turnaround time by 28 days, returning the aircraft to service in just 122 days when the initial goal was set at 150

Reducing H-53 Overhaul Time, 06-Apr-21 : #H53 US Navy/Marines Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) improving maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) times for the H-53 heavy lift helicopter

Workshop Ships Last Marine One’ Engines, 18-Feb-21 : #MarineOne Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, completed work and shipped the last T58 engines for the Presidential helicopter VH-3D. From this year the new Marine One will be the VH-92A

Lifting Tool for Osprey Fuel Bladder, 11-Nov-20 : #Osprey Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC developed a new sling to move V-22 fuel bladders more safely and efficiently

27-Sep-20 - 3D Printed Gear for Seahawks Communications Upgrade
04-Sep-20 - Returning to Service After a Decade in Storage #Huey
09-Feb-20 - FRCE Produces CH-53 Part to Fill Supply Gaps #FRCE
06-May-16 - MCAS Cherry Point 75th anniversary

25-Sep-15 - MCAS Cherry Point Conducts Final H-46 Flight
23-Mar-15 - HMH-366 Marine Earns the Danny L Radish 2014
07-Aug-14 - VMR-1 Casualty Evacuation Drill Over Water
02-Jun-14 - HMX-1 V-22 aerial refuels during trans-Atlantic flight

MCAS Cherry Point

Satellite and aerial maps of MCAS Cherry Point with nearby locations

1941 to present

List of units at MCAS Cherry Point

MCAS Cherry Point News