MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional
MCK · KMCK · Mc Cook, Nebraska · Red Willow County · map
MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mc Cook, 2 miles east of Mc Cook, Nebraska, 2,583 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,450 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 31 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,700 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,636 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
Its FAA code is MCK, and its ICAO code is KMCK.
Where is MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
It is 2 miles east of Mc Cook, Nebraska, 2,583 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
The longest of its 3 runways, 12/30, is 6,450 feet long.
Does MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Eppley Airfield, Kearney Regional, North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field. Every route
Are there flight schools at MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Great Planes Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MCK · ICAO KMCK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mc Cook
- Elevation
- 2,583 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1946
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,450 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 1,330 × 160 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 5,698 ft available for landing, tree 30 ft high 1,225 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 750 ft, 5,698 ft available for landing
- Runway 04: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 25 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 22: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mck and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.025 | |
| North Platte Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.7 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 308-345-1193.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Norton Municipal (39 nm southeast), Cozad Municipal (48 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate VASI runway 30 and PAPI runway 12 and approach lights (MALSR) runway 12 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 17/35 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- 17/35 threshold bdry mkrs.
- Unusable beyond 5 degreess right of centerline and 8 degreess left of centerline.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; PAPI runway 12; and VASI runway 30 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 823 departures from MCK in those twelve months, carrying 2,535 passengers in 5,607 seats (45% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional → Denver International MCK–DEN | 623 | 2,535 | Key Lime Air Corp dba... |
| MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional → Eppley Airfield MCK–OMA | 166 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation |
| MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional → Kearney Regional MCK–EAR | 31 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation |
| MC Cook Ben Nelson Regional → North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field MCK–LBF | 3 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 28 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mc Cook from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Mc Cook, Nebraska: 2 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Great Planes Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Mccook, 2 miles away Great Planes Flyers LLC operates a flight academy offering pilot training programs from discovery flights to commercial pilot certification, an FAA-certified aircraft maintenance facility at Rochester International Airport in Minnesota, and
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mc Cook 2 aircraft · 2 balloons
- Coyote Balloons US 2 aircraft in town
- Great Planes Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Denver International (DEN) 623 flights in twelve months · Key Lime Air Corp dba Denver Air Connection
- Eppley Airfield (OMA) 166 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Kearney Regional (EAR) 31 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field (LBF) 3 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- 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 2,944 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MCK.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 22, 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.