Kirksville Regional Airport

Kirksville Regional Airport (KIRK) is a medium airport in Kirksville, MO. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KIRK or IATA code IRK. It sits in North America.

Kirksville Regional Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 6,005 ft (1,830 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Kirksville Regional Airport sits near sea level at 966 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 143 departing and 128 arriving private-jet legs at KIRK across the next six months of operator inventory. 4 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KIRK are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Kirksville Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles south of Kirksville, Missouri, on the west side of U.S. Highway 63. It serves both commercial flights and general aviation. One airline provides scheduled passenger flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.