By Missy Shelton
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Branson, MO –
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A group of private investors is developing a commercial airport in Branson, Missouri, creating the first privately developed and operated commercial airport in the country.
Branson hopes it will attract a lot more tourists, and has even agreed to give incentive payment to the investor group for every visitor who flies into the new airport.
Missy Shelton prepared this story for NPR's Morning Edition.