Big Thunder Airport
28NE · Clarkson, Nebraska · Stanton County · map
Big Thunder Airport is a private airport, 4 miles nne of Clarkson, Nebraska, 1,740 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,632 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 28NE
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,740 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2025
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,632 × 100 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Norfolk Rgnl/Karl Stefan Memorial Field (19 nm northwest), Columbus Municipal (23 nm southwest), Fremont Municipal (33 nm southeast), Wahoo Municipal (40 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Norfolk Rgnl/Karl Stefan Memorial Field (19 nm northwest), Columbus Municipal (23 nm southwest), Scribner State Airport (24 nm southeast), Pender Municipal (25 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Nebraska · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clarkson from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Clarkson, Nebraska: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clarkson 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,946 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/28NE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.