McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport is two miles east of McCook, in Red Willow County, Nebraska.

Cargo

The following airlines offer scheduled cargo service:

Former airlines

First airline flights were Mid-West Airlines Cessna 190s in 1950–51. Frontier DC-3s arrived in 1959, and its last Convair 580 left in 1979.

Air Midwest (U.S. Airways Express) began service on October 29, 2006, with two daily flights to Grand Island and on to Omaha Eppley Airfield and Kansas City International Airport.

See also

  • List of airports in Nebraska

References

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1997-3005) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2006-6-26: selecting Air Midwest for service at Grand Island and McCook, Nebraska, for two years, beginning when the carrier inaugurates full service, at a total annual subsidy of $2,296,462 for both communities. McCook will receive two one-stop round trips each weekday and weekend to Omaha (12 one-stop round trips per week); both Grand Island and McCook will be served with 19-passenger Beech 1900-D aircraft.
  • Order 2008-2-2: prohibiting Air Midwest from terminating its subsidized service at nine communities for 30 days beyond the end of its 90-day notice period, and requesting long term proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service at any or all of the communities, with or without subsidy, by February 29.
  • Order 2010-6-3: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to continue to provide essential air service (EAS) at McCook, Nebraska, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,796,795, for the next two-year period from June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2012.
  • Order 2012-1-28: requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service (EAS) at McCook, Nebraska, for the next two-year period from June 1, 2012, through June 30, 2014, with or without subsidy.
  • McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport at City of McCook website
  • Airport page from the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics