Gjerde International
5MU5 · Drexel, Missouri · Cass County · map
Gjerde International is a private airport, 6 miles northeast of Drexel, Missouri, 905 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5MU5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 905 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2021
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,600 × 60 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Johnson County Executive (24 nm northwest), New Century Aircenter Airport (27 nm northwest), Kansas City/Lee'S Summit Regional (28 nm north), Ottawa Municipal (36 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lawrence Smith Memorial (9 nm northeast), Butler Memorial (15 nm southeast), Miami County (21 nm west), Johnson County Executive (24 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Missouri · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Drexel from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Drexel, Missouri: 13 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Drexel 13 aircraft · 13 piston singles
- Shannon Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Mjm Enterprise Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 216 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,813 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5MU5.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.