The O'Neill Muni-John L Baker Field
ONL · KONL · O'Neill, Nebraska · Holt County · map
The O'Neill Muni-John L Baker Field is a public-use airport owned by O'Neill Airport Authority, 2 miles northwest of O'Neill, Nebraska, 2,034 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,408 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 21 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,440 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KONL · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KONL 062235Z AUTO 04004KT 7SM CLR 28/08 A2990 RMK AO2 T02800075
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 ONL · ICAO KONL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- O'Neill Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 2,034 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,408 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Onl and aWOS-3 | 121.125 | |
| O'NEILL and rco | 122.6 | O'Neill |
| O'NEILL and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 402-336-4834.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,440, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in O'Neill from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in O'Neill, Nebraska: 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Watch for large flocks of waterfowl drg migration seasons (february and october)
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 13 and 31; PAPI runways 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Barton becker, chairman of airport authority.
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.