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BRANSON NEWS:
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) – The number of passengers taking off from the Branson Airport has declined for the third straight year.
The Springfield News-Leader (http://sgfnow.co/2izek4b ) reports that 5,149 people had boarded a plane from January through the end of October at the privately founded commercial airport. That’s a drop of 63.5 percent compared to the same 10-month stretch in 2015.
The airport was built to provide a more direct route for visitors to the southwest Missouri tourist destination than the Springfield-Branson National Airport, which is an hour to the north.
The Branson Airport opened in 2009 and peaked in 2013 at 113,584 …
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