Airport Drive Missouri Map

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.

About This Airport Drive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Airport Drive, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.142559, -94.510782. 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.

Detailed location data for Airport Drive includes the ZIP code (64801), telephone area code (816), county seat of Jasper County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Carl Junction R-I School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Airport Drive is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.