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Crete Municipal Airport

40.61790°N
-96.92490°W
ARR / DAY
4
30.0%
DEP / DAY
2
23.1%

Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) is a small general aviation airport located in Crete, NE, 18 mi south west of Lincoln. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,201 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KOLU, 61 mi away (KCEK does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
11 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KOLU 290356Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02390194

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

17
40% of ops
36 land · 12 TO
13
21% of ops
19 land · 3 TO
31
19% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
35
19% of ops
17 land · 10 TO
Runway 17 carries 40% of operations (36 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 21%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 36 landings
UA 14%
13 19 landings
UA 21%
31 17 landings
UA 6%
35 17 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 17 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 36 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
4.6
flights/day · 138 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (6.2 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (25% of 122 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 124.000
APCH 270.300
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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