McCook Regional Airport

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McCook Regional Airport
IATA: MCK - ICAO: KMCK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of McCook
Serves		McCook, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL		2,583 ft (787.3 m)
Coordinates		40°12′23″N, 100°35′32″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	6,449	1,966	Concrete
3/21	4,000	1,219	Concrete
17/35	1,350	411	Turf

McCook Regional Airport (IATA: MCK, ICAO: KMCK), formerly known as McCook Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of McCook, a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA. The airport covers 667 acres and has three runways. It is served by one commercial airline, with service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Air Midwest, operating as U.S. Airways Express, commenced service on October 29, 2006, with two daily flights to Grand Island and continuing service to Omaha Eppley Airfield (1 stop) and Kansas City International Airport (2 stops).^[1]

1 History
2 Airline and destinations
- 2.1 Former airline and destination
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

During World War II an even larger training airfield was built some eight miles north of McCook Regional, for the purpose of training of heavy bomber crews. Known, somewhat confusingly, as McCook Army Airfield, the base closed in 1945 and was transferred to state control and renamed McCook State Airfield. It closed for good in 1969 and since has largely reverted to farmland. However the former base's five massive World War II-era hangars are still clearly visible from the air.