Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1960, Springfield voters approved a $600,000 bond issue to build a new terminal, which opened in October 1964. This terminal was expanded multiple times in the following decades as passenger numbers grew at an accelerating rate. The airport was eventually renamed the Springfield-Branson National Airport.
English: Airport Diagram for Springfield-Branson National Airport. Updated Apr 5, 2012. ... Springfield–Branson National Airport; Usage on es.wikipedia.org
Springfield-Branson National Airport near Springfield, Missouri, United States (FAA/IATA: SGF) Springfield Robertson County Airport near Springfield, Tennessee, United States (FAA: M91) Lebanon-Springfield Airport near Springfield, Kentucky, United States (FAA: 6I2) Other airports in places named Springfield:
Three units of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 178th Wing (formerly 178th Fighter Wing), are based at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base. [3] The airport hosts events such as fly-ins and airshows with vintage airplanes. [4] [5] The airport has hosted the Commemorative Air Force. [6] The airport is home to flight schools.
A new terminal was opened at the airport in 2007 with 10 gates, expandable to 60, and runways can accommodate the Boeing 747 and large military aircraft. Springfield has a secondary, smaller airport, Downtown Airport which is not served by any passenger airlines and is used mostly by smaller general aviation airplanes.
The high-risk, high-yield bonds (top rate of 6.5%) were issued by the Branson Regional Airport Transportation Development District. [10] The City of Branson will pay a subsidy of $8.24 to Branson Airport LLC for each arriving visitor with an annual cap of $2 million. [11] The developer was Branson Airport, LLC and AFCO.
The airport is home to Capital Airport Air National Guard Station, a 91-acre (370,000 m 2) facility on land leased from the Springfield Airport Authority (SAA). It is home to the 183d Fighter Wing (183 FW), an Illinois Air National Guard unit operationally gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC) and State Headquarters, Illinois Air National Guard.
Med Jets Flight 056 was a medevac flight from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Tijuana International Airport, with a planned refueling stop at Springfield–Branson National Airport. On January 31, 2025, the Learjet 55 operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed in Northeast Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, shortly after takeoff, killing everyone ...