Private charter to & from Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau sits on the bluffs of the Mississippi River about two hours south of St. Louis and serves as the business, medical and educational center for southeast Missouri and nearby parts of Illinois. Two large hospital systems, Saint Francis Healthcare and SoutheastHEALTH, draw patients from across the region, Southeast Missouri State University anchors the city’s cultural life, and manufacturing, agriculture and river shipping add to the economy. The city traces its name to an 18th-century French trading post on a rock promontory along the river.

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport offers only limited airline service, so most travelers face a long drive from St. Louis or Memphis. Flying private makes it practical to visit hospitals, plants and farms in the bootheel and southern Illinois in a single day. Visitors stay for the historic downtown along the river, the floodwall murals that tell the region’s story and wooded parks, while the Shawnee National Forest across the river makes an easy side trip.