# McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK / KMCK)

**McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport** (IATA: MCK, ICAO: KMCK) is a medium airport in McCook, Nebraska, United States. It opened in May 1946. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,450 ft (1,966 m). In 2025 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MCK / KMCK
- FAA: MCK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: McCook, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: May 1946
- Elevation: 2,583 ft / 787 m
- Coordinates: 40.2078, -100.5928
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 6,450 ft / 1,966 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 4,915 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cityofmccook.com/index.aspx?nid=132
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCook_Ben_Nelson_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6800521
- Weather station: KMCK
- Ident: KMCK

## Timeline

- May 1946: McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 6,450 ft / 1,966 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 131° / 311° | yes |
| 04/22 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 17/35 | 1,330 ft / 405 m | 160 ft / 49 m | Grass | 181° / 001° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05301AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 721 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 3,091 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 5,319 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 4,581 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 4,236 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,522 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 3,796 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 3,262 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 4,680 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 5,338 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 4,915 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 217 mi / 350 km · Denver Air Connection

### Cargo (1)

- [OMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koma.md) Eppley Airfield · United States · 257 mi / 414 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MCK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2025) | #2,929 of 3,974 | #766 in North America | #554 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,450 ft / 1,966 m | =4,154 of 29,858 | =1,068 in North America | =820 in US |
| Elevation | 2,583 ft / 787 m | =6,668 of 43,403 | #3,180 in North America | #2,451 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.025 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 118.475 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [LBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbf.md) North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field · 64 mi / 102 km
- [GLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgld.md) Goodland Municipal Airport · 82 mi / 133 km
- [EAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kear.md) Kearney Regional Airport · 91 mi / 146 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCook_Ben_Nelson_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363058254), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kmck/data