Recommended Airport Roles
Airport Roles Were Established in the 2002 SASP Using a Variety of Factors Economic Support Total based aircraft Fuel facilities Aviation services Net taxable sales Accessibility Population within a 30 minute drive time o Surface access to airport o Businesses within a 30-minute drive time o Registered pilots within a 30 minute drive time Physical Facilities/Prior Investment Primary runway lengths Approach type Aircraft storage units
Airports in Missouri Are Currently Assigned to One of Four Roles 1 2 3 4 COMMERCIAL REGIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY 5,500 feet 5,000 feet 4,000 feet Maintain Current Length In 2002, general aviation airports with Part 139 Certificates or classified by FAA as a Reliever were assigned to the Commercial role. Changing airport, community, and industry conditions make it appropriate to revisit 2002 role assignments
Factors Considered by PAC for Recommended Airport Roles FAA roles for NPIAS general aviation airports Changes in based aircraft 2002 and current Operational fleet mix data from FAA National Offload Program (NOP) Geographic relationship of airports in each role category Runway lengths Expected rates of population/employment increase PAC input on airport/community conditions/changes One single factor from the list above was not used to identify a potential role change; multiple factors were considered
Reliever/Part 139 general aviation airports were originally assigned to the Commercial role PAC Recommended New Role Category According to General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Bombardier, and Honeywell, large business jets (over 50,000 lbs) are the fastest growing segment of the general aviation fleet PAC recommended new role category between Commercial and Regional. New role is National Business The runway length objective for airports in the National Business role is 5,500 feet
Current: Commercial Recommended: Commercial Current: Not a Role Recommended: National Business PAC Changes for Airport Role Names Current: Regional Recommended: Regional Business Current: Business Recommended: Business Community Current: Community Recommended: Community Local
Recommended Commercial Airports Branson Cape Girardeau Columbia Fort Leonard Wood Joplin Kansas City Kirksville Springfield St Louis Branson Airport Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Columbia Regional Airport Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport Joplin Regional Airport Kansas City International Airport Kirksville Regional Springfield-Branson National Airport St. Louis Lambert International
Recommended National Business Airports Jefferson City Kansas City Lee s Summit Mexico Monett Mosby Rolla/Vichy Sedalia Sikeston St Joseph St. Louis Jefferson City Memorial Charles B. Wheeler-Downtown Airport Lee's Summit Municipal Mexico Memorial Monett Regional Midwest National Air Center Rolla National Sedalia Regional Sikeston Memorial Municipal Rosecrans Memorial Spirit of St. Louis
Recommended Regional Business Airports Bolivar Bolivar Municipal Lebanon Floyd W. Jones Lebanon Boonville Jesse Viertel Memorial Moberly Omar N Bradley Branson West Branson West Municipal - Emerson Field Neosho Neosho Hugh Robinson Brookfield/ Marceline North Central Missouri Regional Nevada Nevada Municipal Camdenton Camdenton Memorial-Lake Regional Perryville Perryville Regional Cameron Cameron Memorial Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff Municipal Chillicothe Chillicothe Municipal St. Charles St. Charles County Smartt Field Clinton Clinton Memorial St. Louis Creve Coeur Airport Dexter Dexter Municipal Sullivan Sullivan Regional Farmington Farmington Regional Warrensburg UCM-Skyhaven Hannibal Hannibal Regional Washington Washington Regional Kaiser/Lake Ozark Lee C Fine Memorial West Plains West Plains Regional Kennett Kennett Memorial
Recommended Business Community Airports Aurora Jerry Sumners Sr Aurora Municipal Lamar Lamar Municipal Ava Ava Bill Martin Memorial Macon Macon-Fower Memorial Branson M. Graham Clark - Downtown Malden Malden Regional Butler Caruthersville Cassville Butler Memorial Caruthersville Memorial Cassville Municipal Marshall Maryville Marshall Memorial Municipal Northwest Missouri Regional Cuba Cuba Municipal Mountain View Mountain View Eldon Eldon Model Airpark New Madrid County Memorial Fredericktown A. Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional Osage Beach Grand Glaize- Osage Beach Fulton Elton Hensley Memorial Potosi Washington County Harrisonville Lawrence Smith Memorial Salem Salem Memorial Higginsville Higginsville Industrial Municipal Trenton Trenton Municipal Warsaw Warsaw Municipal
Recommended Community Local Airports Albany Albany Municipal Lincoln Lincoln Municipal Bethany Bethany Memorial Linn State Technical College of Missouri Bismarck Bismarck Memorial Mansfield Mansfield Municipal Bonne Terre Bonne Terre Municipal Memphis Memphis Memorial Bowling Green Bowling Green Municipal Monroe City Captain Ben Smith Airfield Buffalo Buffalo Municipal Monticello Lewis County Regional Cabool Cabool Memorial Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Municipal Airport Campbell Campbell Municipal Mountain Grove Mountain Grove Memorial Carrollton Carrollton Memorial Piedmont Piedmont Municipal Charleston Mississippi County Richland Richland Municipal Doniphan Doniphan Municipal Shelbyville Shelby County El Dorado Springs El Dorado Springs Memorial Steele Steele Municipal Excelsior Springs Excelsior Springs Memorial Stockton Stockton Municipal Gainesville Gainesville Memorial Tarkio Gould Peterson Municipal Gideon Gideon Memorial Thayer Thayer Memorial Hermann Hermann Municipal Unionville Unionville Municipal Hornersville Hornersville Memorial Van Buren Bollinger-Crass Memorial Houston Houston Memorial Versailles Roy Otten Memorial Airfield Kahoka Kahoka Municipal Willow Springs Willow Springs Memorial