# Flying 'J' Ranch Airport (MO72)

**Flying 'J' Ranch Airport** (FAA: MO72) is a small airport in Van Buren, Missouri, United States. It opened in Sep 1975. It has one runway, 1,900 ft (579 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mo72

## At a glance

- FAA: MO72
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Van Buren, Missouri, United States
- Opened: Sep 1975
- Elevation: 690 ft / 210 m
- Coordinates: 37.0403, -90.8668
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 ft / 579 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35256749
- Ident: MO72

## Timeline

- Sep 1975: Flying 'J' Ranch Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,900 ft / 579 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,900 ft / 579 m | =25,683 of 29,858 | =12,564 in North America | =11,086 in US |
| Elevation | 690 ft / 210 m | =23,590 of 43,403 | =11,261 in North America | =9,327 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [MO5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mo5.md) Bollinger-Crass Memorial Airport · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [KPYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpyn.md) Piedmont Municipal Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [1MO6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1mo6.md) Double S Ranch Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [MO73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mo73.md) Rolling Shoals Farm Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [93MO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0842.md) Carr Creek Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [79MO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/79mo.md) Faries Field · 18 mi / 29 km

## Sources

- [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))
- [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/mo72/data