Branson Airport
BBG · KBBG · Branson, Missouri · Taney County · map
Branson Airport is a public-use airport owned by Taney County, 8 miles sse of Branson, Missouri, 1,302 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 7,140 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 4 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 9,059 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4,588 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Branson Airport?
Its FAA code is BBG, and its ICAO code is KBBG.
Where is Branson Airport?
It is 8 miles sse of Branson, Missouri, 1,302 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Branson Airport?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 7,140 feet long, concrete.
Does Branson Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Branson Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Branson Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Short Final Aviation LLC and Airport Bums Aero Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Branson Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Branson Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BBG · ICAO KBBG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Taney County
- Elevation
- 1,302 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2008
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 7,140 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.15 | Branson |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Bbg and aWOS-2 | 124.625 | Branson |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 118.4 | Branson |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 126.35 | Branson |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 417-334-0218.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: M Graham Clark Downtown Airport (6 nm north), Branson West Muni/Emerson Field (14 nm northwest), Boone County (16 nm south).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed: activate malsf runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; PAPI runway 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Leased to Branson regional airport trnspn dvlptmt dist.
- 100LL credit card self service available H24 at general aviation apron.
- Calm wind runway.
- Hills and uneven trrn in the vicinity of; trrn avoidance may activate on fnl.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,059, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 82 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,430 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,400 |
| general aviation, local | 321 |
| military | 1,826 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Branson from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Branson, Missouri: 15 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 balloon. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Short Final Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Branson Short Final Aviation is a flight school based in Branson, Missouri and Harrison, Arkansas that provides pilot training from discovery flights through commercial certification, aircraft rental, and flight instruction.
- Airport Bums Aero Club 1 aircraft · Branson
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.
- Nathan Keith Leming private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Branson West Jet Center · Branson West, MO (14 nm) · (417) 204-9132 · [email protected]
- Robert Brian Morgan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gimlin Airport · Ozark, MO (27 nm) · (417) 689-1034 · [email protected]
- Herman Azell Morris private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Springfield, MO (44 nm) · (417) 830-7407 · [email protected]
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Rogers, AR (45 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
All 25 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Branson 20 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 balloons
- Short Final Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Short Final Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Airport Bums Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- 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/BBG.json.
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 27, 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.