Branson West Airport

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{{Infobox Airport

| name = Branson West Airport

| image = Big-10554803 PNetted Branson West Airport Environs 8 May 2010 KTrimble.jpg

| IATA =

| ICAO = KFWB

| FAA = FWB

| type = Public

| owner = City of Branson West

| operator =

| city-served = Branson West, Missouri

| location =

| elevation-f = 1,348

| elevation-m = 411

| coordinates = {{coord|36|41|55|N|093|24|08|W|region:US-MO_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| r1-number = 3/21

| r1-length-f = 5,000

| r1-length-m = 1,524

| r1-surface = Concrete

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=FWB|use=PU|own=PU|site=11568.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.

}}

Branson West Airport, also known as Branson West Municipal Airport,{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofbransonwest.com/airport/airportindexpage.shtml |title=Branson West Municipal Airport |publisher=City of Branson West |accessdate=March 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221044513/http://www.cityofbransonwest.com/airport/airportindexpage.shtml |archivedate=February 21, 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.kspr.com/news/whereyoulive/stone/79640152.html |title=Branson West airport runway open for business |agency=Associated Press |date=December 18, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{airport codes||KFWB|FWB}} is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of the City of Branson West, in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The airport is also known as Emerson Field, named for Robert Emerson, an aviator who relinquished the air rights of his nearby airfield so the Branson West airport could operate safely and obtain a federal grant.

Funded via a federal grant of $16 million, Branson West is a general aviation airport designed for private and charter aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.ky3.com/news/local/45922362.html |title=Branson West airport taking shape |publisher=KY3 News |date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529172555/http://www.ky3.com/news/local/45922362.html |archivedate=2009-05-29 }} The airport was built on {{convert|200|acre|km2}} donated by the Conco Companies of Springfield, with an additional {{convert|40|acre|m2}} acquired by the city for runway protection zones. Another {{convert|450|acre|km2}} donated by Kay Renfro will be used for future development, and {{convert|200|acre|km2}} donated by city treasurer Martin Eastwood will serve as a conservation buffer zone.{{cite web | url = http://www.bransoninvestmentproperty.com/xsites/Agents/DeveloperDirectRealty/content/uploadedFiles/BDN%20-%20Branson%20West%20Airport%20Could%20be%20Ready%20by%20Fall%20-%202-21-08.pdf | title = First flights could depart Branson West airport by late fall | publisher = Branson Daily News | date = March 1, 2008}}