Kirksville Regional Airport

Kirksville Regional Airport (IATA: IRK, ICAO: KIRK, FAA LID: IRK) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles south of Kirksville, Missouri, on the west side of U.S. Highway 63. It serves both commercial flights and general aviation. One airline provides scheduled passenger flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Contour Airlines serves Kirksville with 12 weekly flights to Chicago O'Hare International Airport using CRJ100/200 and Embraer 135/145 regional jets. Contour began its Kirksville service on August 1, 2023, and offers either one or two round trips each day between Kirksville and Chicago. Contour has interline agreements with American Airlines, United Airlines, and Alaska Airlines, which facilitate passenger bookings and connections on itineraries that include flights operated by those carriers.

The airport reported 5,842 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2024, an increase of 36.5% from 2023, when Federal Aviation Administration records show the airport had 4,281 enplanements. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025-2029 categorized it as a regional facility with non-primary commercial service (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 17, 2025, to mark the start of construction of a new 6,500 square foot terminal at Kirksville, which will be nearly double the size of the current building. Completion of the project is planned for July 2026.