Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport[1][2] (IATA: TBN[3], ICAO: KTBN, FAA LID: TBN), also known as Forney Field, is a public and military use airport located at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.[1] The airport's passenger terminal is operated under the control of the U.S. Army and general aviation is under the direction of a board named by the cities of Waynesville and St. Robert.[4] Formerly known as Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, it is served by one commercial airline with scheduled service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport Forney Army Airfield | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
Owner | U.S. Army | ||||||||||
Serves | Waynesville & St. Robert, Missouri | ||||||||||
Location | Fort Leonard Wood | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,159 ft / 353 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°44′30″N 092°08′27″W / 37.74167°N 92.14083°W | ||||||||||
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TBN Location of airport in Missouri TBN TBN (the United States) | |||||||||||
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It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was known as Forney Army Airfield until 1998.[6] It was attached to Fort Leonard Wood and was part of the Army Service Forces.
Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport covers an area of 237 acres (96 ha) at an elevation of 1,159 feet (353 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,037 by 150 feet (1,840 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2016, the airport had 25,807 aircraft operations, an average of 71 per day: 50% military, 32% general aviation and 18% scheduled commercial. In June 2021, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine and 5 military.[1]
Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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Contour Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Nashville | [7] |
Year | 2009 [9] | 2010 [10] | 2011 [11] | 2012 [12] | 2013[13] | 2014[14] | 2015[15] | 2016[16] | 2017[17] | 2018[18] | 2019[19] | 2020 | 2021 |
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Enplanements | 4,869 | 4,159 | 6,978 | 7,894 | 8,325 | 8,281 | 8,065 | 8,108 | 9,078 | 7,717 | 5,404 | 9,666 | 11,340 |
Change | 1.78% | 14.58% | 67.78% | 13.13% | 5.46% | 0.53% | 2.61% | 0.53% | 11.96% | 14.99% | 29.97% | 78.87% | 17.32% |
Airline | Great Lakes Airlines | Great Lakes Airlines | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Contour Airlines | Contour Airlines United Express |
United Express |
Destination(s) | Kansas City
St. Louis |
Kansas City
St. Louis |
St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis Chicago–O'Hare |
Chicago–O'Hare |