# Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI / KCGI)

**Cape Girardeau Regional Airport** (IATA: CGI, ICAO: KCGI) is a medium airport in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m). In 2025 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CGI / KCGI
- FAA: CGI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 342 ft / 104 m
- Coordinates: 37.2253, -89.5708
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 20,742 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.capeairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Girardeau_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034428
- Weather station: KCGI · WMO 72329
- Ident: KCGI

## Timeline

- 1943: Cape Girardeau Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 106° / 286° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,997 ft / 1,218 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00943AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,457 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,239 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,818 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 17,840 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 34,296 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 9,205 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 18,510 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 21,981 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 14,993 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 17,929 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 20,742 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from CGI, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (3)

- [MQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmqy.md) Smyrna Airport · United States · 189 mi / 304 km · 6 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 340 mi / 547 km · 9,305 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 517 mi / 832 km · 550 passengers · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CGI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21K (2025) | #2,420 of 3,974 | #567 in North America | #392 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 342 ft / 104 m | #30,342 of 43,403 | #14,109 in North America | #11,875 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.550 |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 133.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | ST LOUIS RDO | 122.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.000 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdh.md) Southern Illinois Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [PAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpah.md) Barkley Regional Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [MWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwa.md) Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois · 47 mi / 76 km
- [BYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbyh.md) Arkansas International Airport · 90 mi / 144 km
- [BLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kblv.md) Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport · 92 mi / 149 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi/data