Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER), Missouri
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) serves Boonville, Missouri, with a single concrete runway and non-towered operations coordinated over CTAF. The field supports a modest volume of business aviation traffic, most of it recorded by the FAA TFMSC, alongside notable student pilot training activity in the vicinity and seasonal aerial crop-dusting operations. Self-service fuel covering both 100LL and Jet A is available around the clock, even though the field's attendance schedule runs from 0800 to 2000 daily. The nearest customs facility lies roughly 90 nautical miles away at Kansas City Downtown, since KVER has no onsite customs service.
Runways
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport has one paved runway, 18/36, 4,000 ft long and 75 ft wide, with a concrete surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport has Jet A and 100LL available on the field. Fueling is available from 8am to 8pm, daily, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Kansas City Downtown / Wheeler Field (KMKC), 90 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport recorded 235 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Business aviation traffic at KVER concentrates most heavily in July, with secondary peaks in October and November, according to FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 33 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is on the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport has published operating constraints in four categories: access, runway notes, noise procedures and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Mizzou Approach.
Runway 18/36 medium intensity runway lights, and PAPI and REIL on both runways 18 and 36, are pilot-activated via CTAF.
Runway 18 is the calm wind runway.
For noise abatement, aircraft using Runway 36 should fly the runway centerline to 1,500 feet before turning on course.
Extensive student pilot training activity occurs in the vicinity of the airport.
Self-service fuel is available 24 hours.
Intensive aerial crop-dusting activity occurs from April through October.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport has five airfields within 33 NM. The closest is Columbia Regional (KCOU), 23.07 NM east.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
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Frequently asked questions
What runway does KVER offer?
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) has a single paved runway, 18/36, measuring 4,000 feet by 75 feet with a concrete surface. Runway 18 is designated as the calm wind runway. Pilots operating on Runway 36 should follow published noise abatement procedures, flying the runway centerline to 1,500 feet before turning on course. The field is non-towered, so traffic coordination relies on the CTAF.
Is fuel available at KVER?
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) offers both 100LL and Jet A fuel. Self-service fuel is available 24 hours a day, which supports operators arriving outside the field's staffed hours. Attendance at KVER otherwise runs daily from 0800 to 2000. There is no towered air traffic control, so fuel access does not depend on staffed hours.
How does business aviation traffic vary through the year at KVER?
Business aviation activity at Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) is not evenly spread across the year, according to FAA TFMSC data. Monthly operations range from a low of 11 in April to a high of 33 in July, with October and November also showing elevated counts near the mid-20s. Total bizav operations for 2025 reached 235 out of 402 annual operations overall. Dispatchers should expect the busiest planning periods around mid-summer and into autumn.
Where is the nearest customs facility to KVER?
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) does not have onsite customs processing. The nearest customs airport is Kansas City Downtown (KMKC), located approximately 89.71 nautical miles away. Operators requiring customs clearance near KVER should plan to route through that facility. KVER itself has no towered control and relies on CTAF procedures for local traffic.