Missoula International Airport (IATA: MSO, ICAO: KMSO, FAA LID: MSO) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Missoula, a city in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is owned the Missoula County Airport Authority.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 288,071 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 281,428 enplanements in 2009, and 289,875 in 2010.
There are currently several expansion projects planned or underway, including the construction of 150 foot control tower. An expansion of the terminal building, providing a new security screening area, was completed in 2007.
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