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Location: The Kearney Municipal Airport is a public airport situated at an elevation of 2,131 ft and four miles from the central business district (CBD) of Kearney City in the north east, in the City of Buffalo County, Nebraska , USA. Covering an area of about 2500 acres the Kearney Municipal Airport has two runaways. The City of Kearney is the operator of the Kearney Municipal Airport.
History:In 1942, the Kearney Municipal Airport started as the Keens Municipal Airport. It was constructed in search of a site suited for military airfield. At first the airport land was very small amounting to about 532 acres, later on however an additional land of 2,227 acres was added to provide more room for the air landing operations. Kearney AAF was one of the eleven US Air force training base in Nebraska during the Second World War. Thus it is evident that the Airport has been an witness to a lot of historical incidents that took place at the time. Flight Services: The Great Lakes Airlines operates from this Airport base. The Great Lakes Airlines has attained the fame of being the "on time airline" and the reliability graph never tends to slow down. Its one of the best serving airlines also to Denver after it entered into close deal with the United Airlines and the Frontier Airlines. There has been remarkable improvement in the performance of the airline as well as the Kearney Municipal Airport. For more information, visit Nebraskaxl.com |
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