Jesse Viertel Memorial
VER · KVER · Boonville, Missouri · Cooper County · map
Jesse Viertel Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boonville, 3 miles southeast of Boonville, Missouri, 715 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVER · observed 3:35 pm CDT (20:35 UTC), 0 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 80°F (26°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVER 062035Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM BKN110 27/10 A2998 RMK AO2 T02650098
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VER · ICAO KVER
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boonville
- Elevation
- 715 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 785 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 57 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.375 | |
| Ver and aWOS-3PT | 119.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 660-882-5454.
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.
Aircraft registered in Boonville from the FAA register
296 aircraft are registered to owners in Boonville, Missouri: 274 drones, 19 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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 · 5 since 1982, 2 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 aircraft in the TIE-DOWN area are parked with the tails toward the west to avoid penetration of the transitional surface.
- Extensive student pilot training in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; PAPI runways 18 and 36; runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SVC fuel available 24 hours.
- Noise abatement, for runway 36 fly runway centerline to 1,500 feet before turning on crs.
- Runway 18 calm wind runway.
- Intensive aerial CROP-DUSTING activity APRIL-OCTOBER
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.