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Branson West Airport.

KFWB · Branson West, MO — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,002 ft
Field elevation
1,348 ft
Runway-capable types
11 of 24
Coordinates
36.70, -93.40
Passengers
2 passengers

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Branson West Airport's 5,002 ft of runway is longer than most of the 63 jet-capable fields in Missouri, at 1,348 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 330 miles away.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.

Runway

What can operate here

Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.

This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.

  • Turboprop

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,757–3,433 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,757 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,433 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,309–3,849 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,548 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,309 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,849 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,340 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,704–3,725 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,725 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,704 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,908–4,942 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,908 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,942 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~4,864 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,864 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,005 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.