FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 26 JANUARY 2023
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 100LL: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 26 January 2023 at 0901Z to 23 February 2023 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 | |
download |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download |
VOR/DME RWY 17 | |
download |
VOR/DME RWY 35 | |
download |
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 Airport (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 31-Jan-2023
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:11 | | 13:11 |
Sunrise | | 07:39 | | 13:39 |
Sunset | | 17:43 | | 23:43 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:12 | | 00:12 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 31-Jan-2023 23:43:24 |
Local (UTC-6) | 31-Jan-2023 17:43:24 |
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METAR |
KLNK 15nm NE | 312254Z 23011KT 10SM CLR M04/M15 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP278 T10391150
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KBIE 22nm S | 312315Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM CLR M05/M14 A3030 RMK AO2 T10521136
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TAF |
KLNK 15nm NE | 311720Z 3118/0118 23011KT P6SM SKC FM010000 19005KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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