Joplin Regional Airport is a city-owned airport four miles north of Joplin, in Jasper County, Missouri. It has airline service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Airline flights and general aviation are in separate terminals.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 26,380 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2014, and 28,302 in 2015. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.HistoryIn the 1990s and early-mid-2000s Joplin had flights to St. Louis, Missouri by RegionsAir ("AmericanConnection") and to Memphis, Tennessee by Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines ("Northwest Airlink").Air Midwest commenced service to Kansas City International Airport on August 1, 2006 (operating as US Airways Express) The airline also started flying to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on October 5, 2006 (operating as Mesa Airlines).
