KCEK · Crete Municipal Airport

CRETE, NEBRASKA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,500

Elevation ft

Runways

4,201

Longest ft · 17/35

40.62N

96.92W

Crete Municipal Airport serves Crete, Nebraska at 1,500 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,201 by 75 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	4,201 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
13/31	3,370 × 150 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,500 ft is about 12°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 12°C)	1,500 ft	2,731 ft	2,268 ft	3,402 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,700 ft	2,965 ft	2,395 ft	3,592 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,900 ft	3,199 ft	2,521 ft	3,782 ft
35°C afternoon	4,260 ft	3,269 ft	2,559 ft	3,839 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,201 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,839 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KCEK is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLNK Lincoln Airport	16 nm NE	12,901 ft
KBIE Beatrice Municipal Airport	21 nm S	5,602 ft
KJYR York Municipal Airport	36 nm NW	5,900 ft
KPMV Plattsmouth Municipal Airport	50 nm NE	5,500 ft
KOLU Columbus Municipal Airport	53 nm N	6,801 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCEK

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KCEK, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KCEK or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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