Cole Memorial
57NE · Merriman, Nebraska · Cherry County · map
Cole Memorial is a private airport owned by the City of Merriman, 1 mile northeast of Merriman, Nebraska, 3,259 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
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 57NE
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Merriman
- Elevation
- 3,259 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,400 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 11: road 22 ft high 425 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 39 ft high 915 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gordon Municipal (22 nm west), Modisett Airport (35 nm west).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Merriman from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Merriman, Nebraska: 3 piston singles. 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 Merriman 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,947 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/57NE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.