Kirksville, Missouri

====Aviation====

The City of Kirksville operates the [[Kirksville Regional Airport]] (formerly Clarence Cannon Airport), four miles (6&nbsp;km) south of the city by the village of [[Millard, Missouri|Millard]].

In 1952, the [[United States Air Force]] opened a [[radar]] base that was home to the 790th Radar Squadron, an Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, in [[Sublette, Missouri|Sublette]], about {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} north of Kirksville. The Air Force inactivated the 790th Radar Squadron in 1968. The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] took over running the radar and most of the surrounding {{convert|78.51|acre|m2}} were given to [[Truman State University|Northeast Missouri State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnr.mo.gov/alpd/hwp/ws-special/ffs-dod.htm |title=Federal Facilities Section: Department of Defense Sites |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060724000040/http://www.dnr.mo.gov/alpd/hwp/ws-special/ffs-dod.htm |archive-date=2006-07-24 |access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> The current radar, an Air Route Surveillance Radar - Model 3, is a long-range radar that feeds data to air traffic control centers that control aircraft flying over the region.

Four fatal airplane accidents have occurred near Kirksville:
#On May 6, 1935, [[TWA Flight 6]], carrying Senator [[Bronson Cutting]] of [[New Mexico]], crashed south of Kirksville, killing him and four others. As a result, Congress created the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trumanindex.com/media/paper607/news/2004/10/21/News/Kirksville.History-775771.shtml |title=Kirksville History: Whitney McFerron |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195135/http://www.trumanindex.com/media/paper607/news/2004/10/21/News/Kirksville.History-775771.shtml |archive-date=2007-09-27 |access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/197.html |title=Records of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) - (Record Group 197) |access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>
#On May 22, 1962, [[Continental Airlines Flight 11]], heading to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] from [[Chicago]] under heavy weather, was brought down by a [[dynamite]] explosion northwest of Kirksville. Some aviation historians consider this the first act of aviation [[terrorism]] in history.
#On October 20, 2004, [[Corporate Airlines Flight 5966]] (now [[RegionsAir]]) crashed just south of Kirksville Regional Airport, killing 13 of 15 passengers and crew.
#On November 5, 2013, a Piper PA-32 crashed 3 miles southeast of Kirksville Regional Airport on its final approach, killing both passengers aboard.