120 public-use fields

Missouri Airport Density Altitude

Missouri has 120 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
H58 — Owen Field	Seymour	1,593 ft	3,786 ft	July
2H2 — Jerry Sumners Sr Aurora Municipal	Aurora	1,434 ft	3,708 ft	July
03B — Mansfield Municipal	Mansfield	1,520 ft	3,698 ft	July
94K — Cassville Municipal	Cassville	1,483 ft	3,610 ft	July
1MO — Mountain Grove Meml	Mountain Grove	1,476 ft	3,607 ft	July
KFWB — Branson West Municipal/Emerson Field	Branson West	1,348 ft	3,586 ft	July
MO2 — Flying Bar H Ranch	Springfield	1,380 ft	3,558 ft	July
3DW — Downtown	Springfield	1,375 ft	3,552 ft	July
KSGF — Springfield-Branson Ntl	Springfield	1,268 ft	3,506 ft	July
KEOS — Neosho Hugh Robinson	Neosho	1,255 ft	3,503 ft	July
MO9 — Kingsley Airfield	Miller	1,272 ft	3,499 ft	July
KLBO — Floyd W Jones Lebanon	Lebanon	1,321 ft	3,498 ft	July
KAOV — Ava Bill Martin Meml	Ava	1,311 ft	3,492 ft	July
KHFJ — Monett Regional	Monett	1,316 ft	3,492 ft	August
2MO — Mount Vernon Municipal	Mount Vernon	1,244 ft	3,465 ft	July
KBBG — Branson	Branson	1,302 ft	3,457 ft	July
1H5 — Willow Springs Meml	Willow Springs	1,247 ft	3,420 ft	July
KUNO — West Plains Regional	West Plains	1,228 ft	3,397 ft	July
K33 — Salem Meml	Salem	1,241 ft	3,352 ft	July
H17 — Buffalo Municipal	Buffalo	1,154 ft	3,325 ft	July
KTBN — Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field	Fort Leonard Wood	1,160 ft	3,302 ft	July
KMNF — Mountain View	Mountain View	1,182 ft	3,298 ft	July
KTVB — Cabool Meml	Cabool	1,220 ft	3,296 ft	July
MO1 — Richland Municipal	Richland	1,110 ft	3,284 ft	July
M48 — Houston Meml	Houston	1,195 ft	3,265 ft	July
M17 — Bolivar Municipal	Bolivar	1,093 ft	3,263 ft	July
KVIH — Rolla Ntl	Rolla/Vichy	1,148 ft	3,257 ft	July
MO3 — Stockton Lake	Stockton	1,043 ft	3,257 ft	July
KPLK — M Graham Clark Downtown	Branson	940 ft	3,247 ft	July
KJLN — Joplin Regional	Joplin	978 ft	3,196 ft	July
KOZS — Camdenton Meml-Lake Regional	Camdenton	1,062 ft	3,183 ft	July
KEVU — Northwest Missouri Regional	Maryville	1,145 ft	3,180 ft	July
H57 — Bismarck Meml	Bismarck	1,038 ft	3,160 ft	July
KMCI — Kansas City International	Kansas City	1,027 ft	3,134 ft	July
K07 — Rolla Downtown	Rolla	987 ft	3,122 ft	July
KLLU — Lamar Municipal	Lamar	1,010 ft	3,120 ft	July
0C1 — Triple R	Dearborn	1,007 ft	3,110 ft	July
KRAW — Warsaw Municipal	Warsaw	936 ft	3,109 ft	July
KLXT — Kansas City/Lee'S Summit Regional	Lee'S Summit	1,004 ft	3,106 ft	July
KUBX — Cuba Municipal	Cuba	1,023 ft	3,099 ft	July
KEZZ — Cameron Meml	Cameron	1,040 ft	3,089 ft	July
3VS — Roy Otten Meml Airfield	Versailles	1,027 ft	3,085 ft	July
3EX — Excelsior Springs Meml	Excelsior Springs	1,000 ft	3,083 ft	July
87K — El Dorado Springs Meml	El Dorado Springs	931 ft	3,060 ft	July
KFAM — Farmington Regional	Farmington	946 ft	3,048 ft	July
KBUM — Butler Meml	Butler	894 ft	3,045 ft	July
75K — Bethany Meml	Bethany	1,035 ft	3,040 ft	July
H79 — Eldon Model Airpark	Eldon	917 ft	3,019 ft	July
K15 — Grand Glaize-Osage Beach	Osage Beach	876 ft	3,017 ft	July
1H3 — State Technical College Of Missouri	Linn	953 ft	3,007 ft	July
1BT — Bonne Terre Municipal	Bonne Terre	910 ft	3,004 ft	July
0N0 — Roosterville	Liberty	1,004 ft	2,996 ft	July
KNVD — Nevada Municipal	Nevada	892 ft	2,994 ft	July
42M — Thayer Meml	Thayer	808 ft	2,990 ft	July
KLRY — Lawrence Smith Meml	Harrisonville	915 ft	2,986 ft	July
K43 — Unionville Municipal	Unionville	1,045 ft	2,985 ft	July
78Y — Rankin	Maryville	984 ft	2,984 ft	July
0R2 — Lincoln Municipal	Lincoln	940 ft	2,979 ft	July
KCOU — Columbia Regional	Columbia	889 ft	2,978 ft	July
KUUV — Sullivan Regional	Sullivan	933 ft	2,965 ft	July
KGLY — Clinton Regional	Clinton	823 ft	2,959 ft	July
K19 — Albany Municipal	Albany	891 ft	2,956 ft	July
KRCM — Skyhaven	Warrensburg	798 ft	2,947 ft	July
5MO — Applegate	Queen City	999 ft	2,941 ft	July
H88 — A Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional	Fredericktown	880 ft	2,931 ft	July
KDMO — Sedalia Regional	Sedalia	910 ft	2,931 ft	July
KMKC — Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field	Kansas City	757 ft	2,921 ft	July
KAIZ — Lee C Fine Meml	Kaiser/Lake Ozark	869 ft	2,917 ft	July
8WC — Washington County	Potosi	959 ft	2,911 ft	July
KIRK — Kirksville Regional	Kirksville	966 ft	2,907 ft	July
K89 — Macon-Fower Meml	Macon	878 ft	2,904 ft	July
3GV — East Kansas City	Grain Valley	835 ft	2,900 ft	July
2M1 — Harry S Truman Regional	Bates City	860 ft	2,894 ft	July
KSTJ — Rosecrans Meml	St Joseph	827 ft	2,878 ft	July
KMYJ — Mexico Meml	Mexico	823 ft	2,861 ft	July
KMBY — Omar N Bradley	Moberly	867 ft	2,860 ft	July
MO8 — North Central Missouri Regional	Brookfield	845 ft	2,851 ft	July
KTRX — Trenton Municipal	Trenton	758 ft	2,843 ft	July
H19 — Bowling Green Municipal	Bowling Green	891 ft	2,822 ft	July
KGPH — Midwest Ntl Air Center	Mosby	777 ft	2,811 ft	July
KHIG — Higginsville Industrial Municipal	Higginsville	840 ft	2,809 ft	July
KFTT — Elton Hensley Meml	Fulton	887 ft	2,792 ft	July
K57 — Gould Peterson Municipal	Tarkio	916 ft	2,791 ft	July
KMHL — Marshall Meml Municipal	Marshall	779 ft	2,783 ft	July
KCHT — Chillicothe Municipal	Chillicothe	783 ft	2,776 ft	July
MO5 — Bollinger-Crass Meml	Van Buren	652 ft	2,745 ft	July
X33 — Doniphan Municipal	Doniphan	635 ft	2,736 ft	July
03D — Memphis Meml	Memphis	813 ft	2,720 ft	July
KVER — Jesse Viertel Meml	Boonville	715 ft	2,718 ft	July
KSTL — St Louis Lambert International	St Louis	617 ft	2,714 ft	July
6K2 — Shelby County	Shelbyville	760 ft	2,705 ft	July
K26 — Carrollton Meml	Carrollton	670 ft	2,681 ft	July
KHAE — Hannibal Regional	Hannibal	769 ft	2,661 ft	July
K52 — Cpt Ben Smith Airfield/Monroe City	Monroe City	737 ft	2,652 ft	July
0H7 — Kahoka Municipal	Kahoka	700 ft	2,620 ft	July
93M — Rueter Airfield	Palmyra	657 ft	2,616 ft	July
KJEF — Jefferson City Meml	Jefferson City	549 ft	2,589 ft	July
M71 — Greensfield	Moscow Mills	559 ft	2,534 ft	July
KSUS — Spirit Of St Louis	St Louis	463 ft	2,521 ft	July
KPYN — Piedmont Municipal	Piedmont	466 ft	2,518 ft	July
KDXE — Dexter Municipal	Dexter	304 ft	2,492 ft	July
6M6 — Lewis County Regional	Monticello	675 ft	2,491 ft	July
KMAW — Malden Regional	Malden	295 ft	2,481 ft	July
KFYG — Washington Regional	Washington	488 ft	2,478 ft	July
1H0 — Creve Coeur	St Louis	462 ft	2,477 ft	July
34M — Campbell Municipal	Campbell	284 ft	2,468 ft	July
KSET — St Charles County Regional/Smartt Field	St Charles	437 ft	2,465 ft	July
KSIK — Sikeston Meml Municipal	Sikeston	315 ft	2,457 ft	July
KCHQ — Mississippi County	Charleston	313 ft	2,454 ft	July
63M — Hermann Municipal	Hermann	508 ft	2,447 ft	July
KPCD — Perryville Regional	Perryville	373 ft	2,387 ft	July
KTKX — Kennett Meml	Kennett	262 ft	2,368 ft	July
KEIW — County Meml	New Madrid	296 ft	2,366 ft	July
M12 — Steele Municipal	Steele	259 ft	2,358 ft	July
KCGI — Cape Girardeau Regional	Cape Girardeau	342 ft	2,355 ft	July
37M — Hornersville Meml	Hornersville	248 ft	2,351 ft	July
KPOF — Poplar Bluff Regional Business	Poplar Bluff	331 ft	2,342 ft	July
M05 — Caruthersville Meml	Caruthersville	268 ft	2,320 ft	July
M28 — Mid Continent	Hayti	268 ft	2,320 ft	July
M85 — Gideon Meml	Gideon	269 ft	2,211 ft	July

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which Missouri airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Owen Field (H58) tops the list: from 1,593 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 3,786 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in Missouri?

Owen Field (H58) at 1,593 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.