Airport Drive Missouri Map
Airport Drive, Missouri — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Airport Drive, Jasper County.
Interactive Map of Airport Drive, Missouri
| City | Airport Drive |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Jasper |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.142559 |
| Longitude | -94.510782 |
| Population | 941 |
| Density | 151.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Airport Drive, Missouri
Airport Drive is a locality in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 941. The population density is 151.3 people per km². Airport Drive is located at 37.1426°N, 94.5108°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64870.
Airport Drive in Jasper County unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a testament to the underlying limestone formations that shape this corner of the Ozark foothills. It lies 4.0 miles north of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 2°T), and is situated 2.6 miles west of Webb City. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of cultivation and wilder, untamed prairie grasses that sway with a whispered exhalation in the prevailing winds. Mature oak and hickory trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, punctuate the horizon, offering dappled shade where the light, particularly in the late afternoon, takes on a honeyed, almost liquid quality. The air itself carries the scent of turned earth and the distant, faint hum of unseen machinery, a subtle reminder of the human endeavor that has imprinted itself upon this terrain. This stretch of Airport Drive, though its name suggests flight, is deeply rooted in the earth and the enduring legacy of mining. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the extraction of lead and zinc, a history that has left its mark in the very topography, with old spoil piles like sleeping giants dotting the periphery. While the boomtown days have long since faded, the agricultural roots remain strong, with cattle grazing peacefully on pastures and crops like corn and soybeans yielding their bounty under the wide, generous sky. A quiet industriousness persists, a practical, no-nonsense spirit that informs the character of Airport Drive and its people, a spirit that understands the value of hard work and the simple beauty of a land that provides.
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About This Airport Drive Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Airport Drive, Missouri with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Airport Drive and Jasper County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Airport Drive is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Airport Drive is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
