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Four years later, the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (MKAA) was established. In 1990, runway 5R/23L was rebuilt to 9,000 feet (2,700 m). In 1992, the airport authority built a new 21-acre cargo facility on the north side of the airport for Federal Express, UPS and Airborne Express. Buildings were designed to meet the carriers' needs ...
Downtown Island Airport was established in 1930 by Tom Kesterson as a makeshift facility named Island Airport, located on Dickinson's Island in the Tennessee River. Kesterson was one of Knoxville's earliest aviators. He hoped the private airport, which had a 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runway, would attract commercial air service to Knoxville.
It is Knoxville's oldest airport, founded in 1930, and served as a pilot training site during World War II. It is the third busiest general aviation airport in the state, with 172 based aircraft ...
This is a list of airports in Tennessee (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The announcement coming Feb. 6 coincides with the Knoxville airport's fast-growing passenger traffic. With 2.81 million passengers, 2023 was the airport's busiest year on record.
As McGhee Tyson Airport rounds out a year of record growth in air service and passenger traffic, its leaders are looking ahead to 2024, when it will kick off a period of major construction that ...
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. [1] It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Tennessee. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960.
Knoxville's airport will get two boosts from airlines this summer travel season: more destinations and several bigger planes. Delta will resume Knoxville service to a hub it hasn't flown since ...