Branson Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public (owned by Taney County, MO; leased to Branson Regional Airport Transportation Development District (TDD); and operated by Branson Airport, LLC) | ||||||||||
Serves | Branson, Missouri | ||||||||||
Opened | May 11, 2009 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,302 ft / 397 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°31′55″N 093°12′02″W / 36.53194°N 93.20056°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.FlyBranson.com | ||||||||||
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Branson Airport (IATA: BKG, ICAO: KBBG, FAA LID: BBG) is a public use airport located eight nautical miles (15 km) south-southeast of the central business district of Branson, a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States. Branson Airport, LLC is a private company operating the airport through an operating agreement with The Branson Regional Airport Transportation District. The airport is owned by Taney County.
Branson Airport’s three-letter location identifier for IATA, is BKG, and the three-letter location identifier from the FAA is BBG.
The airport opened on May 11, 2009. In 2023, only private airlines were operating passenger service into the airfield.[2] As of 2024[update], only one airline operates scheduled passenger service, being Sun Country Airlines on a seasonal basis nonstop between the airport and Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP).[3] There is one FBO on the field, named the Branson Jet Center. Two restaurants are located at the airport, one in the main terminal building with access to passengers flying in and out on commercial flights. The other restaurant is open to the public and is located at the Branson Jet Center.