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M Graham Clark Downtown Airport

PLK · KPLK · Branson, Missouri · Taney County · map

M Graham Clark Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by Taney County Missouri, 1 mile south of Branson, Missouri, 940 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,738 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).

The airport

Codes
FAA PLK · ICAO KPLK
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Taney County Missouri
Elevation
940 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
Repairs
airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Kansas City sectional
Magnetic variation
2E
In the FAA's files since
June 1969

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1230N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
12/303,738 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 12: threshold displaced 289 ft
  • Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the right, threshold displaced 310 ft

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.7
Approach and departure126.35

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Aircraft registered in Branson from the FAA register

21 aircraft are registered to owners in Branson, Missouri: 16 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:

Short Final Aviation LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 4 fatal

2018-08-25GAA18CA516 · Piper Pa28 N7635F · accident · no injuries
2014-01-13DCA14IA037 · Boeing 737 7H4 N272WN · incident · no injuries
2012-09-20CEN12LA645 · Cessna 177B N34722 · accident · minor injuries
2012-06-21CEN12CA399 · Edson Robert W Pietenpol Air Camper N53WE · accident · no injuries
2012-03-17CEN12CA193 · Bellanca 17-30A N801RC · accident · no injuries
2011-11-25CEN12CA089 · Cessna 182L N42206 · accident · no injuries
2010-09-25CEN10CA562 · Cessna 172M N1131U · accident · minor injuries
2009-04-20CEN09CA259 · Zenith Ch-250 N931CE · accident · no injuries
2008-07-06DEN08LA121 · Cessna 337G N53661 · accident · minor injuries
2006-09-22CHI06LA268 · Windler Tri Q2 N6628K · accident · 1 killed
2006-03-20CHI06FA094 · Piper Pa34-200T N21RR · accident · 4 killed
2004-08-02CHI04FA205 · Piper Pa-32-300 N4230R · accident · 5 killed

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

  • No safety/overrun areas at runway ENDS-LARGE DROP-OFFS. steep terrain gradients along runway pvmt edges.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; VASI runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Runway 12 runway end identifier lights located 105 feet from dthr.
  • Runway 30 runway end identifier lights located 86 feet from dthr.
  • 50:1 to displaced thld.
  • 37:1 to displaced thld.
  • General aviation services available east end of airfield.
  • Student training activities in the area.
  • Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Branson airport attractions near airports.

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.