# Creighton Municipal Airport (6K3)

**Creighton Municipal Airport** (FAA: 6K3) is a small airport in Creighton, Nebraska, United States. It opened in May 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,700 ft (1,128 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k6k3

## At a glance

- FAA: 6K3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Creighton, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: May 1947
- Elevation: 1,653 ft / 504 m
- Coordinates: 42.4713, -97.8843
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,700 ft / 1,128 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34962823
- Weather station: K4V9
- Ident: K6K3

## Timeline

- May 1947: Creighton Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Concrete | 130° / 310° | yes |
| 18/36 | 2,100 ft / 640 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass | 190° / 010° |  |

- 18/36 slopes 1.2%: threshold 36 at 1,628 ft / 496 m, threshold 18 at 1,653 ft / 504 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | =11,541 of 29,858 | =4,594 in North America | =3,836 in US |
| Elevation | 1,653 ft / 504 m | =10,854 of 43,403 | =4,746 in North America | =3,585 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k6k3/data