McGhee Tyson Airport McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||
Location | Alcoa, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1937 | ||||||||||||||
Operating base for | Allegiant Air | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 986 ft / 301 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°48′40″N 083°59′38″W / 35.81111°N 83.99389°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | flyknoxville | ||||||||||||||
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McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS[3], ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville,[4] in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.[5]
Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it is served by several major airlines and employs about 2,700 people.[6] It is a 30-minute drive to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[7] The airport is the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) of the Tennessee Air National Guard.