Michael J. Smith Field (ICAO: KMRH, FAA LID: MRH) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Beaufort and northeast of Morehead City, in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

[1] The airport is named in memory of astronaut Michael J. Smith, a native of Beaufort who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

[5] Michael J. Smith Field covers an area of 400 acres (160 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: For the 12-month period ending June 5, 2015, the airport averaged 120 operations per day: 86% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 6% military.

At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport of which 54 were single-engine, 7 were multi-engine, and 2 were jet airplanes.

[7] Wheeler Airlines, a commuter air carrier, served the airport during the mid-1970s with Cessna 402 flights to Charlotte, NC, Norfolk, VA, and Raleigh/Durham NC.