Historic site · Nebraska
Bruning Army Airfield
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Bruning Army Airfield is a historic site in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 470 m. The nearest named place is Bruning Army Air Field Historical Marker, a park 1.5 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 13 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
airport in Nebraska, United States of America
Wikidata Q3887981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Abandoned WWII military airbase.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.34093, -97.43596
- 13.4 mi off the Heritage Highway
59 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 25
- Dry Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Meridian State Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Prairie Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Prairie Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Sora State Waterfowl Production Area: 12.0 mi
Parks: 21
- Bruning Army Air Field Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
- Alexandria State Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Blizzard of 1888 Historical Marker: 13.0 mi
- Western City Park: 13.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 14.5 mi
Museums: 6
- Tobias Community Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Thayer County Museum: 8.8 mi
- Fairbury City Museum: 18.9 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Museum: 20.0 mi
- Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
- Professional Surveyors Of The United States: 23.7 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 23.7 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 23.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:23 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:24 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hebron, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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