| Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KVER – FAA LID: VER | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Boonville | ||
| Serves | Boonville, Missouri | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 715 ft / 218 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 3,999 | 1,219 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 9,080 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (ICAO: KVER, FAA LID: VER), also known as Jesse P. Viertel Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Boonville, a city in Cooper County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is home to the Daniel Boone Flying Club, which serves central Missouri.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport is assigned VER by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned VER to General Heriberto Jara International Airport in Veracruz, Mexico[3]).
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) which contains one runway designated 18/36 with a 3,999 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 9,080 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 92% general aviation (8,380), 4% air taxi (400), 3% military (300).