Downtown Airport
3DW · Springfield, Missouri · Greene County · map
Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by Sherman Street Acquisition CO INC in Springfield, Missouri, 1,375 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,037 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3DW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Sherman Street Acquisition CO INC
- Elevation
- 1,375 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,037 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 11: trees 44 ft high 890 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 58 ft high 1,080 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.95 |
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Aircraft registered in Springfield from the FAA register
158 aircraft are registered to owners in Springfield, Missouri: 96 piston singles, 26 business jets, 9 turboprops, 9 piston twins, 9 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided approach slopes are maintenance for 20:1 and trsnl surface 7:1.
- 600 feet lighted tower 950 feet north of runway 29 thld.
- Activate non-standard medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - CTAF-THREE clicks.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights; 3 threshold lights each runway, edge lights spaced 240 feet apart.
- Ntsd runway safety area beyond runway 29 thld; large slope.
- Pedestrian gate code is the common traffic frequency frequency.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.