# Joplin Regional Airport (JLN / KJLN)

**Joplin Regional Airport** (IATA: JLN, ICAO: KJLN) is a medium airport in Joplin, Missouri, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,502 ft (1,982 m). In 2025 it handled 47 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JLN / KJLN
- FAA: JLN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Joplin, Missouri, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 978 ft / 298 m
- Coordinates: 37.1518, -94.4983
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,502 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 46,729 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://jlnairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900701
- Weather station: KJLN
- Ident: KJLN

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Joplin Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 182° / 002° | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,501 ft / 1,982 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00540AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 57,533 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 57,027 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 71,230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 79,224 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 96,250 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 49,488 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 53,763 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 41,983 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 27,263 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 37,162 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 46,729 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 484 mi / 779 km · United Express
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 581 mi / 935 km · United Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 47K (2025) | #2,118 of 3,974 | #488 in North America | #332 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | =4,064 of 29,858 | =1,000 in North America | =759 in US |
| Elevation | 978 ft / 298 m | =18,142 of 43,403 | =8,121 in North America | =6,517 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.850 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 128.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | COLUMBIA RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.800 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [XNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxna.md) Northwest Arkansas National Airport · 61 mi / 98 km
- [SGF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksgf.md) Springfield Branson National Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [CNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcnu.md) Chanute Martin Johnson Airport · 65 mi / 104 km
- [FYV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfyv.md) Drake Field · 81 mi / 131 km
- [BKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbg.md) Branson Airport · 84 mi / 134 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Joplin Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joplin_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365151868), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kjln/data