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Airports in Missouri

Did you know there are more than 120 public use airports in Missouri. Some have millions of passengers a year, while others only see a few planes annually. Some are even hard to find! That because some are grass airstrips in remote parts of the Show Me State. There are even military airports, like Whiteman Air Force Base, where Stealth Bombers depart for missions around the world. And there are private airports where pilots take off and land for their own purposes.
The history of air travel also goes right through Missouri. Earlier aviation leaders like Albert Bond Lambert paved the way for St. Louis to become the focal point of the flight of Charles Lindberg. And the Spirit of St. Louis is still alive and well in the Show Me State.


Here is the list of Missouri airports, from most Enplanements to the fewest.
(2019 numbers)

St. LouisSTLSt. Louis Lambert International Airport7,631,953
Kansas CityMCIKansas City International Airport 5,790,847
SpringfieldSGFSpringfield–Branson National Airport523,108
ColumbiaCOUColumbia Regional Airport120,235
JoplinJLNJoplin Regional Airport40,013
Cape GirardeauCGICape Girardeau Regional Airport9,160
Fort Leonard Wood / WaynesvilleTBNWaynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport 7,717
KirksvilleIRKKirksville Regional Airport5,306
Kansas CityMKCCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport 3,611
BransonBBGBranson Airport1,601
St. LouisSUSSpirit of St. Louis Airport576
Knob NosterSZLWhiteman Air Force Base307
Jefferson CityJEFJefferson City Memorial Airport116
Kaiser / Lake OzarkAIZLee C. Fine Memorial Airport57
WashingtonFYGWashington Regional Airport 39
HannibalHAEHannibal Regional Airport 24
BrookfieldMO8North Central Missouri Regional Airport19
Lee’s SummitLXTLee’s Summit Municipal Airport17
West PlainsUNOWest Plains Regional Airport 10
Aerial view of Rolla National Airport in Vichy, MO
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