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).
Weather right now KMCK · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMCK 062053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP111 T03000133 58016
TAF KMCK 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.