Kirksville Regional Airport

"IRK" redirects here. For other uses, see Irk (disambiguation).
Kirksville Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Kirksville
ServesKirksville, Missouri
LocationPettis Township, near Millard
Elevation AMSL966 ft / 294 m
Coordinates40°05′36″N 092°32′42″W / 40.09333°N 92.54500°W / 40.09333; -92.54500
Website[1]
Map
IRK is located in Missouri
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IRK is located in the United States
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 6,005 1,830 Concrete
9/27 1,370 418 Turf
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/30/2023)5,888
Based aircraft20

Kirksville Regional Airport (IATA: IRK, ICAO: KIRK, FAA LID: IRK) is four miles south of Kirksville, Missouri,[1] on the west side of US highway 63.[2] One airline schedules passenger flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 684 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 926 in 2009 and 2,127 in 2010.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[5]

Cape Air is the current airline, averaging 900 to 1,000 passengers per month[6] on three daily round trips to St. Louis Lambert International Airport.[7] After Cape Air notified the city in November 2022 of their plans to terminate their service, the Kirksville City Council approved a contract on February 6, 2023 with Contour Airlines, with service beginning in June to Chicago O'Hare International Airport.[8]

Clarence Cannon Memorial Terminal at Kirksville Regional Airport.
  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for IRK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "General Aviation - City of Kirksville, Missouri".
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  6. ^ Garlock, John (May 11, 2012). "Kirksville airport to embark on expensive improvements". KTVO-TV via website. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  7. ^ "Kirksville Regional Airport-Cape Air schedule". City of Kirksville website. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  8. ^ Bachman, Marty (February 12, 2023). "Kirksville City Council approves Contour Airlines as new Essential Air Service provider for Kirksville Airport". Kirksville Daily Express via website. Retrieved March 15, 2023.