Airports / North Carolina / MXE
Laurinburg Maxton Airport
KMEB / MXEMaxton, North CarolinaELEV 216 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#10 / 37
North Carolina airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 46 Google ratings — ranked against 37 rated NC fields.
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lumberton Regional Airport (LBT) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB / MXE) sits in Maxton, North Carolina, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 216 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MXE has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lumberton Regional Airport (LBT, 19 nm), Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (FAY, 27 nm), and Pope Field (POB, 29 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MXE vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MXE, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Staff & service
5/5 reviews“It is also a very friendly FBO open to the public and worth the trip.”
Niels Hansen5★ on Google
FBO & ground handling
2/5 reviews“It is also a very friendly FBO open to the public and worth the trip.”
Niels Hansen5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Laurinburg Maxton Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KMEB
IATA
MXE
FAA / Local
MEB
Elevation
216 ft
Coordinates
34.7919° N · 79.3658° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NC fields
state range 11–2,165 ft
At 216 ft, MXE sits higher than 53% of the 38 North Carolina fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 19nmLBTLumberton Regional AirportLumberton
- 27nmFAYFayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFayetteville
- 29nmPOBPope FieldFort Bragg
- 29nmFBGSimmons Army Air FieldFort Bragg
- 40nmFLOFlorence Regional AirportFlorence
- 66nmKJNXJohnston Regional AirportSmithfield
Location
Open the full mapKMEB · Laurinburg Maxton Airport · Maxton, NC
From the ramp
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