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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 ...
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 ...
The airport expects the number of seats available this summer to increase as much as 40% over last year, said Jim Evans, vice president of marketing and air service development, at the ...
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.
The airport's current cell phone lot, adjacent to the long-term surface parking lot, can only hold up to 15 cars, said Brian White, vice president of engineering and planning at the airport.
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.
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McGhee Tyson will be so busy this summer, it has reopened a parking lot to alleviate traffic at the Knoxville airport. With 1.2 million passengers, McGhee Tyson plans for its busiest summer yet ...