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{{Distinguish|Branson Airport|Springfield Airport (Illinois)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name         = Springfield–Branson National Airport
| image        = Springfield-Branson National Airport Logo.svg
| IATA         = SGF
| ICAO         = KSGF
| FAA          = SGF
| type         = Public
| owner        = City of Springfield
| opened       = {{start date and age|1945|07|02|p=yes}}
{{coord|37|14|44|N|093|23|19|W|type:airport_region:US|display=title}}
| image_map           = Springfield-Branson National Airport Diagram.PDF
| image_mapsize       = 200
| image_map_caption   = FAA airport diagram
| mapframe            = yes
| mapframe-zoom       = 9
| mapframe-wikidata   = yes
| operator     = Springfield Airport Board
| city-served  = [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]] / [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]], [[Missouri]]
| location     = 
| elevation-f  = 1,268
| elevation-m  = 386
| website      = [http://www.flyspringfield.com/ flyspringfield.com]
| r1-number    = 14/32
| r1-length-f  = 8,000
| r1-length-m  = 2,438
| r1-surface   = Concrete
| r2-number    = 2/20
| r2-length-f  = 7,003
| r2-length-m  = 2,135
| r2-surface   = Concrete
| stat-year    = 2024
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data   = 1,426,922
| stat2-header = Aircraft operations
| stat2-data   = 70,718
| stat3-header = Based aircraft
| stat3-data   = 145 (2022)
| footnotes    = Sources: [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]],<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=SGF|use=PU|own=PU|site=12138.*A}}, effective April 17, 2025.</ref> airport website<ref name=Airport>[http://www.flyspringfield.com/ Springfield–Branson National Airport], official website, retrieved 2023-02-15</ref>
}}
'''Springfield–Branson National Airport''' {{Airport codes|SGF|KSGF|SGF}} (formerly '''Springfield–Greene County Airport''', '''Springfield Municipal Airport''', and '''Springfield–Branson Regional Airport''') is {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} northwest of [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], in [[Greene County, Missouri]], United States. The airport hosts non-stop flights to 13 cities in the U.S., 1 of which is seasonal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyspringfield.com/destinations|title=Non-stop destinations - Springfield-Brandon National Airport (SGF)}}</ref>

==History==
In 1925, ''McCluer Flying Field'' (now [[Downtown Airport (Missouri)|Downtown Airport]]) was opened as a private airport on East Division Street. It was purchased by the city in 1928 and renamed to Springfield Park and Airport. The following year, commercial air service from [[American Airlines]], [[Transcontinental and Western]], and other carriers began to be offered at the airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyspringfield.com/about-sgf|title=About SGF - Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF)}}</ref>

Over the next two decades, as planes continued to increase in size, the short and unpaved runways of the Springfield Airport made it difficult for commercial air service to expand. Furthermore, the [[Great Depression]] left little funding for improvement, and commercial air service eventually disappeared.

During [[World War II]], wounded returning soldiers were being flown in large numbers to Springfield on their way to the [[O'Reilly General Hospital]], and it became evident that the airport was ill-equipped for air traffic and  was in dire need of an upgrade.

In October 1942, municipal voters approved a $350,000 bond issue to build a new airport, for which work began in 1944. Further bonds in the amount of $150,000 to complete the project were approved in 1945, and on July 2 of that year the new Airport opened for business. While originally known as the ''Springfield-Greene County Airport'', disagreements between the city and county governments about finances caused the City of Springfield to assume full control, renaming it the ''Springfield Municipal Airport''. Soon after, in early 1946, American Airlines again began commercial service to SGF.

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''. It is likely that this was in order to capitalise on the tourist industry of the nearby city of [[Branson, Missouri]]. Despite this, the city of Branson is not involved in any way with the operation or funding of the airport.

In 2005, the airport saw a year-over-year passenger increase of 23 percent, its largest in history. Due to this, ground was broken for yet another new terminal in May 2006. The new ''Midfield Terminal'' was opened in May 2009. In the same month, the airport celebrated its first scheduled service to the west coast, an [[Allegiant Air]] service to [[Los Angeles]]. The new terminal was eventually renamed the ''Roy Blunt Terminal'' in honor of [[Roy Blunt|Missouri Senator Roy Blunt]].

The airport served 1 million passengers for the first time in 2018.

==Accidents and incidents==
*At 10:36 pm on March 20, 1955, [[American Airlines Flight 711]] crashed more than a mile north of the airport. Eleven of 32 passengers died, along with the stewardess and copilot. The federal investigation blamed pilot error misjudging the altitude. It is the only fatal accident on airport property.

==Facilities==
The airport covers {{convert|2,750|acre|ha|lk=on}} and has two runways: 14/32, asphalt/concrete, {{convert|8,000|x|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}; and 2/20, concrete, {{convert|7,003|x|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=FAA /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/SGF/Springfield-Branson-Ntl-Airport|title=SGF airport data at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com}} FAA data effective April 17, 2025.</ref>

In the year ending December 31, 2021 the airport had 47,565 aircraft operations, average 130 per day: 44% [[general aviation]], 27% [[air taxi]], 6% military and 22% airline. 142 aircraft at that time were based at this airport: 87 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 33 jet, 2 helicopters, and 10 military.<ref name=FAA />

An Army National Guard unit is based at Springfield–Branson, the 35th combat aviation brigade, detachment 3 company 1 of the 185th aviation regiment. "The 35th Combat Aviation Brigade deploys to an area of responsibility to provide command, control, staff planning and supervision of combat aviation brigade operations. The brigade's units fly a combination of AH-64A Apache attack helicopters, OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopters and UH-60 Blackhawk utility helicopters. It also has a detachment of two C-23 Sherpa cargo airplanes and a C-12 transport airplane."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moguard.com/moguard-35th-combat-aviation.html |title=Missouri National Guard &#124; 35th Combat Aviation |access-date=2012-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502043025/http://www.moguard.com/moguard-35th-combat-aviation.html |archive-date=2012-05-02 }}</ref>

==Financial data==
The strongest area of income for SGF is from [[non-aeronautical revenue]] activities including parking and rental cars. This is followed by fuel sales, terminal fees and landing fees. Parking income has been the strongest for the past year{{when|date=July 2021}} and has followed enplanement trends with a drop in revenues in FY 2008, and increasing again in FY 2010, with the highest level to date at more than $2.5 million.<ref>Federal Aviation Administration: Compliance Activity Tracking System (CATS)</ref>

Personnel is the largest expenditure for the airport: this major operating expense is increasing per year and remains the highest by a very large margin. Additionally, an expense that sticks out is a sharp increase in contractual series between FY 2011 and FY 2012.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Fiscal year !! Total revenues !! Total expenses !! Net income !! Capital expenditures
|-
| 2008 || $12,008,097 || 6,703,666 || 5,304,431 || Not Reported
|-
| 2009 || 10,708,239 || 7,239,789 || 3,468,450 || 57,788,829
|-
| 2010 || 10,876,318 || 8,290,949 || 2,585,369 || 15,539,739
|-
| 2011 || 11,529,077 || 8,726,064 || 2,803,013 || 7,596,060
|-
| 2012 || 11,668,484 || 9,256,135 || 2,412,349 || 9,725,630
|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cats.airports.faa.gov/Reports/reports.cfm|title=(CATS) View Reports and Spreadsheets Ver: 2014.08|website=cats.airports.faa.gov}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
===Passenger===
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{{Airport destination list
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| [[Allegiant Air]] |  [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Orlando Sanford International Airport|Orlando/Sanford]], [[Mesa Gateway Airport|Phoenix/Mesa]], [[Punta Gorda Airport (Florida)|Punta Gorda (FL)]], [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Petersburg/Clearwater]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport|Destin/Fort Walton Beach]]{{cn|date=April 2025}}
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| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Miami International Airport|Miami]]<ref>{{cite web |title=American Airlines Feb 2025 Domestic Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241210-aafeb25 |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]]{{cn|date=January 2025}}
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| [[Delta Connection]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]]
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| [[United Express]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]]
}}

===Cargo===
{{Airport destination list
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| [[DHL Aviation]] | [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]]
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| [[FedEx Express]] | [[Des Moines International Airport|Des Moines]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]]
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| [[UPS Airlines]] | [[Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport|Louisville]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://199.119.0.52/webfids/webfids_cargo|title = WebVIDS}}</ref> [[Tulsa International Airport|Tulsa]], [[Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport|Wichita]]
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}}

==Statistics==
===Top destinations===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align=
|+ '''Ten busiest domestic routes out of SGF<br />(February 2024 – January 2025)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=SGF&Airport_Name=Springfield,+MO:+Springfield+Regional&carrier=FACTS|title=OST_R - BTS - Transtats|website=www.transtats.bts.gov}}</ref>
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Carriers
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, TX]]
| 193,860
| American
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|Illinois}} [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare, IL]]
| 99,380
| American, United
|-
| 3
| {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta, GA]]
| 89,810
| Delta
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|North Carolina}} [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, NC]]
| 84,340
| American
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Denver International Airport|Denver, CO]]
| 66,970
| United
|-
| 6
| {{flagicon|Texas}} [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental, Texas]]
| 44,030
| United
|-
| 7
| {{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Mesa Gateway Airport|Phoenix–Mesa, AZ]]
| 26,660
| Allegiant
|-
| 8
| {{flagicon|Florida}} [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Petersburg/Clearwater, FL]]
| 24,470
| Allegiant
|-
| 9
| {{flagicon|Florida}} [[Orlando Sanford International Airport|Orlando–Sanford, FL]]
| 23,090
| Allegiant
|-
| 10
| {{flagicon|Nevada}} [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas, NV]]
| 16,340
| Allegiant
|}

===Annual traffic===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Passengers !! Percent change
|-
| '''2000''' || 710,961 || {{increase}} --%
|-
| '''2001''' || 653,568 || {{decrease}} 8.7%
|-
|'''2002''' || 652,283 || {{decrease}} 0.1%
|-
|'''2003''' || 653,253 || {{increase}} 0.1%
|-
|'''2004''' || 721,958 || {{increase}} 10.5%
|-
|'''2005''' || 888,738 || {{increase}} 23.1%
|-
|'''2006''' || 864,999 || {{decrease}} 2.6%
|-
|'''2007''' || 883,893 || {{increase}} 2.1%
|-
|'''2008''' || 779,995 || {{decrease}} 11.7%
|-
|'''2009''' || 811,771 || {{increase}} 4.0%
|-
|'''2010''' || 796,251 || {{decrease}} 1.9%
|-
|'''2011''' || 731,396 || {{decrease}} 8.1%
|-
|'''2012''' || 740,000 || {{increase}} 1.1%
|-
|'''2013''' || 755,773<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flyspringfield.com/blog?body_value=passenger&field_categories_tid=All&field_archive=All&page=4|title=Flight Blog &#124; Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF)}}</ref> || {{increase}} 2.1%
|-
|'''2014''' || 846,324<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-03 |archive-date=2015-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925154326/http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{increase}} 12.0%
|-
|'''2015''' || 919,004 || {{increase}} 8.5%
|-
|'''2016''' || 952,703 || {{increase}} 3.6%
|-
|'''2017''' || 993,129<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2017.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-03 |archive-date=2019-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161223/http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{increase}} 4.2%
|-
|'''2018''' || 1,075,425<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12440453/springfield-branson-national-airport-sees-record-year|title=StackPath}}</ref> || {{increase}} 8.3%
|-
|'''2019''' || 1,187,068<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Springfield-Branson-National-Airport-addresses-growing-pains-after-biggest-year-ever-567157141.html |title=Springfield-Branson National Airport addresses growing pains after biggest year ever}}</ref> || {{increase}} 10.4%
|-
|'''2020'''
|598,604<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 2020|title=Airport Enplanement Data|url=https://www.flyspringfield.com/resources/media/user/1611089096-dec2020.pdf}}</ref> || {{decrease}} 49.6%
|-
|'''2021'''
|968,227<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flyspringfield.com/resources/media/user/1642803287-dec2021.pdf|title=Springfield Branson Airport data for 2021}}</ref> || {{increase}} 62.7%
|-
|'''2022'''
|1,109,529<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyspringfield.com/resources/media/user/1674504904-statsumDec2022.pdf|title=Springfield Branson Airport data for 2022|website=flyspringfield.com|access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref> || {{increase}} 14.6%
|-
|'''2023'''
|1,292,007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://flyspringfield.com/resources/media/user/1706799232-Statssum_Dec2023.pdf|title=Springfield Branson Airport data for 2023|website=flyspringfield.com|access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> || {{increase}} 16.4%
|-
|'''2024'''
|'''1,426,922'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://flyspringfield.com/resources/media/user/1737737534-statsum_dec2024.pdf|title=Springfield Branson Airport data for 2024|website=flyspringfield.com|access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref> || {{increase}} 10.4%
|}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Missouri]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com Springfield–Branson National Airport] – official site
*{{US-airport|SGF}}

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