KMCK · McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport

MCCOOK, NEBRASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

2,583

Elevation ft

Runways

6,450

Longest ft · 12/30

40.21N

100.59W

McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport serves McCook, Nebraska at 2,583 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 6,450 by 100 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
12/30	6,450 × 100 ft	concrete	lit
04/22	4,000 × 75 ft	concrete (good)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,583 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,583 ft	2,942 ft	2,383 ft	3,574 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,783 ft	3,176 ft	2,509 ft	3,764 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,983 ft	3,410 ft	2,636 ft	3,954 ft
35°C afternoon	5,603 ft	3,531 ft	2,701 ft	4,052 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 6,450 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,052 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 KMCK is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KADT Atwood-Rawlins City-County Airport	30 nm SW	5,000 ft
KCZD Cozad Municipal Airport	48 nm NE	5,000 ft
KIML Imperial Municipal Airport	50 nm W	5,022 ft
KLXN Jim Kelly Field	51 nm NE	5,489 ft
KCBK Shalz Field	51 nm SW	5,110 ft
KLBF North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field	55 nm N	8,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KMCK

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KMCK, 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 KMCK or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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