Hester Airport
MU09 · Burlington Junction, Missouri · Nodaway County · map
Hester Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Burlington Junction, Missouri, 1,000 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,600 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 MU09
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,600 × 100 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: Northwest Missouri Regional (8 nm southeast), Schenck Field (15 nm north), Shenandoah Municipal (25 nm northwest), Red Oak Municipal (34 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Northwest Missouri Regional (8 nm southeast), Schenck Field (15 nm north), Gould Peterson Municipal (16 nm west), Shenandoah Municipal (25 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided that approach to each runway is maintd for minimum 20:1 glide slope and trnsl surface be maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Also trees
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Burlington Junction from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Burlington Junction, MO as the owner's town.
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
- 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 5,812 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MU09.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 28, 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.