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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 ...
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.
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.
In 1963, the city of Knoxville purchased the airport for $175,000 from Mary Ellen Wattenbarger, widow of Henry Wattenbarger, president of U.S. Flying Services and longtime owner of the island.
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 ...
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Knoxville Municipal Airport (also known as Jim Bellamy Field) (IATA: OXV, ICAO: KOXV) is an airport in Knoxville, Iowa, United States. [1] See also.