# Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK)

**Crete Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KCEK) is a small airport in Crete, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Dec 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,201 ft (1,281 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KCEK
- FAA: CEK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Crete, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Dec 1949
- Elevation: 1,500 ft / 457 m
- Coordinates: 40.6179, -96.9249
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,201 ft / 1,281 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34962851
- Weather station: KCEK
- Ident: KCEK

## Timeline

- Dec 1949: Crete Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,201 ft / 1,281 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 13/31 | 3,370 ft / 1,027 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass | 135° / 315° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,201 ft / 1,281 m | =8,984 of 29,858 | =3,437 in North America | =2,844 in US |
| Elevation | 1,500 ft / 457 m | #12,064 of 43,403 | #5,217 in North America | #3,975 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LINCOLN APP/DEP | 124.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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- [NE94](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ne94.md) Feik Field Ultralight Flightpark · 16 mi / 25 km
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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/kcek/data