FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | CEK |
Lat/Long: | 40-37-06.1562N 096-55-32.5513W 40-37.102603N 096-55.542522W 40.6183767,-96.9257087 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1499.5 ft. / 457.0 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05E (2000) |
From city: | 2 miles E of CRETE, NE |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 68333 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 12/1949 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | COLUMBUS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | OLU (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0800-1800 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | SS-SR |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
OMAHA APPROACH: | 124.0 |
OMAHA DEPARTURE: | 124.0 |
WX ASOS at LNK (16 nm NE): | PHONE 402-474-9214 |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
LNKr195/20.1 | | LINCOLN VORTAC | | 116.10 | | 09E |
BIEr331/(20.6) | | BEATRICE VOR | | 110.60 | | 07E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
POTTS | | 221/10.7 | | 385 | | 03E | | LN | .-.. -. |
FAIRBURY | | 016/28.7 | | 293 | | 06E | | FBY | ..-. -... -.-- |
BEKLOF | | 080/29.3 | | 392 | | 07E | | FMZ | ..-. -- --.. |
YORK | | 112/35.6 | | 257 | | 06E | | JYR | .--- -.-- .-. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A MOGAS FOR SVC AFTER HRS (402) 826-7673. |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
Dimensions: | 4201 x 75 ft. / 1280 x 23 m |
Surface: | concrete, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 28.0 | Double wheel: | 48.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
Latitude: | 40-37.420288N | | 40-36.728415N |
Longitude: | 096-55.490532W | | 096-55.495272W |
Elevation: | 1499.1 ft. | | 1478.8 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 175 magnetic, 180 true | | 355 magnetic, 000 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) RY 17 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 8 DEGS LEFT OF CNTRLN. | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 17 ft. road, 574 ft. from runway, 22:1 slope to clear | | 19 ft. tree, 734 ft. from runway, 233 ft. right of centerline, 28:1 slope to clear |
Runway 13/31
Dimensions: | 3370 x 150 ft. / 1027 x 46 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
Latitude: | 40-37.335182N | | 40-36.940460N |
Longitude: | 096-55.860340W | | 096-55.348417W |
Elevation: | 1491.4 ft. | | 1495.8 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 130 magnetic, 135 true | | 310 magnetic, 315 true |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 17 ft. tree, 524 ft. from runway, 154 ft. right of centerline, 30:1 slope to clear | | 72 ft. tree, 2189 ft. from runway, 283 ft. right of centerline, 30:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CRETE ARPT AUTH PO BOX 86 CRETE, NE 68333-0086 Phone (402) 826-7673 CITY OF CRETE, NEBRASKA |
Manager: | SHAUN KRZYCKI 2429 COUNTY ROAD F, CRETE AVIATION CRETE, NE 68333-0014 Phone 402-310-6124 402-310-6124 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 33 | Single engine airplanes: | | 33 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 64/day * | 84% | local general aviation | 14% | transient general aviation | 1% | military | <1% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 12 May 2020 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC OMAHA APCH AT 402-682-4395. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 | |
download (189KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (204KB) |
VOR/DME RWY 17 | |
download (198KB) |
VOR/DME RWY 35 | |
download (172KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (147KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KLNK - Lincoln Airport (16 nm NE)
KSWT - Seward Municipal Airport (17 nm NW)
KBIE - Beatrice Municipal Airport (21 nm S)
KFBY - Fairbury Municipal Airport (28 nm SW)
KFMZ - Fairmont State Airfield (30 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 17-Apr-2010
looking west from approximately 4000’
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 16-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:20 | | 13:20 |
Sunrise | | 07:50 | | 13:50 |
Sunset | | 17:25 | | 23:25 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:55 | | 23:55 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 16-Jan-2021 22:10:40 |
Local (UTC-6) | 16-Jan-2021 16:10:40 |
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METAR |
KLNK 15nm NE | 162154Z 36009KT 10SM CLR 01/M04 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00111039
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KBIE 22nm S | 162155Z AUTO 31010KT 10SM CLR 03/M03 A2991 RMK AO2 T00331034
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TAF |
KLNK 15nm NE | 161726Z 1618/1718 32012KT P6SM BKN012 FM161900 32012KT P6SM SCT012 SCT120 FM162300 31009KT P6SM BKN120 FM171200 31009KT P6SM SCT090
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NOTAMs |
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