Springfield–Branson National Airport

Springfield–Branson National Airport (IATA: SGF, ICAO: KSGF, FAA LID: SGF) (formerly Springfield–Greene County Airport, Springfield Municipal Airport, and Springfield–Branson Regional Airport) is a public airport located about five miles (8 km) northwest of Springfield, Missouri, in Greene County. The airport has non-stop service to thirteen U.S. cities.

Not to be confused with Branson Airport.

Springfield–Branson
National Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Springfield
OperatorSpringfield Airport Board
ServesSpringfield / Branson, Missouri
Elevation AMSL1,268 ft / 386 m
WebsiteSpringfield–Branson National Airport
Map
SGF
Location of airport in Missouri / United States
SGF
SGF (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 8,000 2,438 Concrete
2/20 7,003 2,135 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations56,585
Based aircraft127
Sources: FAA,[1] airport website[2]
FAA Diagram

History

The airport opened as the Springfield–Greene County Airport on July 2, 1945, following bond issues of $350,000 in 1942 and $150,000 in 1945 to build the airport. It replaced the Springfield Park and Airport on East Division Street (which now operates as Downtown Airport (Missouri)). Springfield Park was the former McCluer Flying Field, which opened in 1925 and was purchased by the city in 1928 and which had commercial service by American Airlines and Transcontinental and Western. The airlines discontinued service during the Great Depression.[3]

The airport was shortly renamed the Springfield Municipal Airport after the city and the county disagreed on funding.

In 1946, American Airlines began first commercial service to the new airport.

In October 1964, a new terminal opened and was paid for by a 1960 $600,000 bond issue.

In 1992, the airport was renamed the Springfield–Branson Regional Airport, capitalizing on the sudden rise of the Branson, tourist industry; the airport is northwest of Springfield, and Branson is more than 50 miles (80 km) southeast of the airport. In that same year, the community of Lakeview, renamed itself Branson West. "[4] Branson has not said anything formal about the airport's running.

In May 2006, ground was broken for a brand new terminal and it was announced the airport would be renamed the Springfield–Branson National Airport. The new Midfield Terminal opened on May 6, 2009, and was designed by Reynolds, Smith & Hills.[5]

Competing Branson Airports

The Branson Airport, which is located in Branson, opened in the spring of 2009 to compete with the municipally owned Springfield airport. Branson Airport, LLC, is reportedly the first privately owned airport in the US having regularly scheduled commercial airline service. The $155 million project was funded by $117 million of municipal bonds[6] and private investors. It is a few miles southeast of Hollister.

Meanwhile, Branson West hopes to open a $15 million airport with a 5,000-foot (1,500 m) runway on the west side of the community to open in the fall of 2008[7] on 930 acres (3.8 km2) donated by Conco Companies of Springfield (200 acres), Kay Renfro (450 acres) and Martin Eastwood (200 acres). The City had initially proposed building the airport on the east side near Silver Dollar City, but the plan was dropped due to protests.[8] The new airport currently has no plans for commercial traffic.

Accidents and incidents
  • At 10:36pm 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 commercial crash at the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Springfield–Branson National Airport covers 2,750 acres (1,110 ha) and has two runways: 14/32, asphalt/concrete, 8,000 x 150 ft (2,438 x 46 m); and 2/20, concrete, 7,003 x 150 ft (2,135 x 46 m) .[1]

In 2017 the airport had 56,585 aircraft operations, average 155 per day: 52% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 7% military and 17% scheduled commercial. 127 aircraft were based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 19% jet, and 3% military.[1]

There is an Army National Guard unit 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."[9]

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 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.[10]

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. An assumption can be made that the Airport is beginning preparations regarding the airport issue and alternative discussed in this paper.

Fiscal YearTotal RevenuesTotal ExpensesNet IncomeCapital Expenditures
2008$12,008,0976,703,6665,304,431Not Reported
200910,708,2397,239,7893,468,45057,788,829
201010,876,3188,290,9492,585,36915,539,739
201111,529,0778,726,0642,803,0137,596,060
201211,668,4849,256,1352,412,3499,725,630

Source:[11]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Allegiant Air Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando/Sanford, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Petersburg/Clearwater
Seasonal: Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Punta Gorda (FL)
American Eagle Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth
Delta Connection Atlanta
United Express Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aviation Cincinnati
FedEx Express Memphis, Des Moines
UPS Airlines Louisville, Miami,[12] Tulsa, Wichita

Statistics

Top Destinations
Ten busiest domestic routes out of SGF
(April 2019 – March 2020)[13]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 124,980 American
2 Chicago–O'Hare, IL 111,500 American, United
3 Atlanta, GA 87,220 Delta
4 Denver, CO 56,670 United
5 Charlotte, NC 47,860 American
6 Houston–Intercontinental, TX 25,000 United
7 St. Petersburg, FL 24,910 Allegiant
8 Orlando–Sanford, FL 24,700 Allegiant
9 Phoenix–Mesa, AZ 23,790 Allegiant
10 Las Vegas, NV 16,070 Allegiant

Annual traffic
YearPassenger statisticsPercent change
2000710,961 --%
2001653,568 8.7%
2002652,283 0.1%
2003653,253 0.1%
2004721,958 10.5%
2005888,738 23.1%
2006864,999 2.6%
2007883,893 2.1%
2008779,995 11.7%
2009811,771 4.0%
2010796,251 1.9%
2011731,396 8.1%
2012740,000 1.1%
2013755,773[14] 2.1%
2014846,324[15] 12.0%
2015919,004 8.5%
2016952,703 3.6%
2017993,129[16] 4.2%
20181,075,425[17] 8.3%
20191,187,068[18] 10.4%
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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for SGF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. Springfield–Branson National Airport, official website, retrieved 2007-11-18
  3. "– Airport history – flyspringfield.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-09.
  4. Insiders' Guide to Branson and the Ozark Mountains, 6th (Insiders' Guide Series) (Paperback) by Fred Pfister – 2006 ISBN 0-7627-4042-6
  5. The old terminal was leased to Expedia and Hotels.com in 2013 for a customer support facility. Springfield Branson Airport Terminal – Reed Construction Data
  6. "404. Page Not Found - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
  7. "McLoud & Company – Just another WordPress site" (PDF). www.bransoninvestmentproperty.com.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-03-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Federal Aviation Administration: Compliance Activity Tracking System (CATS)
  11. "(CATS) View Reports and Spreadsheets Ver: 2014.08". cats.airports.faa.gov.
  12. http://199.119.0.52/webfids/webfids_cargo
  13. "OST_R - BTS - Transtats". www.transtats.bts.gov.
  14. http://www.flyspringfield.com/blog?body_value=passenger&field_categories_tid=All&field_archive=All&page=4
  15. http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2014.pdf
  16. http://www.sgf-branson-airport.com/sites/default/files/files/dec2017.pdf
  17. https://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12440453/springfield-branson-national-airport-sees-record-year
  18. https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Springfield-Branson-National-Airport-addresses-growing-pains-after-biggest-year-ever-567157141.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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