MCCOOK REGIONAL AIRPORT

'McCook Regional Airport' , formerly known as 'McCook Municipal Airport', is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of McCook, a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA. The airport covers 667 acres and has three runways. It is served by one commercial airline, with service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Air Midwest, operating as U.S. Airways Express, commenced service on October 29, 2006, with two daily flights to Grand Island and continuing service to Omaha Eppley Airfield (1 stop) and Kansas City International Airport (2 stops).^[1]

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History

Airline and destinations

Former airline and destination

References

External links

History

During World War II an even larger training airfield was built some eight miles north of McCook Regional, for the purpose of training of heavy bomber crews. Known, somewhat confusingly, as 'McCook Army Airfield', the base closed in 1945 and was transferred to state control and renamed 'McCook State Airfield'. It closed for good in 1969 and since has largely reverted to farmland. However the former base's five massive World War II-era hangars are still clearly visible from the air.

Airline and destinations

★ US Airways

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★ US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (Grand Island, Omaha)

Former airline and destination

★ Great Lakes Aviation (Denver) [replaced by US Airways in 2006]

References

★ McCook Regional Airport (official web site)

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★ Notes:
1. Mesa Air Group Announces Schedule and Fares for McCook, Nebraska as US Airways Express (Oct. 9, 2006)

External links

★ New airline to serve McCook (from ''Airline News'' - June 23, 2006)

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