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==Airport== [[Branson West Airport]],<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=FWB|use=PU|own=PU|site=11568.*A}}. [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. Effective 11 February 2010.</ref> also known as Branson West Municipal Airport,<ref name="city">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="AP-2009-12-18">{{cite web|url=http://www.kspr.com/news/whereyoulive/stone/79640152.html |title=Branson West airport runway open for business |publisher=Associated Press |date=December 18, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a city-owned, public-use [[airport]] located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the [[central business district]] of the Branson West.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is also known as Emerson Field, named for Robert Emerson, an aviator and former owner of the property.<ref name="AP-2009-12-18" /> Funded via a federal grant of $16 million, it is a [[general aviation]] airport designed for private and charter aircraft.<ref name="KY3-2009-05-23">{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529172555/http://www.ky3.com/news/local/45922362.html | url = http://www.ky3.com/news/local/45922362.html | title = Branson West airport taking shape | publisher = KY3 News | date = May 23, 2009| archivedate= May 29, 2009}}</ref> The airport was built on {{convert|200|acre|km2}} donated by the [[Conco Companies]] of [[Springfield, Missouri|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]].<ref name="BDN-2009-03-01">{{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}}</ref>
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