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Cape Fear Regional Jetport, also known as Howie Franklin Field, is a small general aviation airport serving Southport, North Carolina, on the Cape Fear coast. It offers a single hard-surfaced, lit runway and no instrument landing system, making it a straightforward VFR destination for light aircraft and business jets alike.
Cape Fear Regional Jetport, known also as Howie Franklin Field Airport, lies near Southport, North Carolina, on the lower Cape Fear River area of the state's southeastern coast. It is a small general aviation field without scheduled airline service, offering a single sealed runway suitable for light aircraft and smaller business jets, and presents an uncomplicated VFR arrival for visiting simulator pilots.
The airport sits near Southport, North Carolina, in the vicinity of Wilmington's approach and departure airspace, with Wilmington Approach/Departure available on 118.25 MHz for traffic in the wider area. No specific controlled airspace detail is available beyond this arrangement, and the presence of a CTAF/UNICOM frequency rather than a tower frequency indicates the field itself is uncontrolled.
The airport has a single physical runway, 05/23, of hard surface and lit for night operations. The 05 threshold is listed at 5,496 feet in length, while the 23 threshold is listed at 5,096 feet, a difference that may reflect a displaced threshold or similar local runway declaration.
Wilmington Approach/Departure can be contacted on 118.25 MHz. The field has an AWOS-3 automated weather observation system on 124.175 MHz, and traffic should use the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 123.0 MHz for self-announced calls. There is no ILS or other published instrument approach associated with the field.
Cape Fear Regional Jetport operates as a small general aviation airport with no scheduled airline service, relying on a CTAF/UNICOM frequency for traffic coordination in the absence of a control tower.
