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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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 FAA airport diagram as of May 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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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.
- ^ "TYS Airport Statistics for 2023" (PDF). flyknoxville.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "TYS Airport Stats 2018–2023". flyknoxville.com. 5 January 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (TYS: Knoxville / McGhee Tyson)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for TYS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.
- ^ "History of the Airport". McGhee Tyson Airport. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
- ^ "About McGhee Tyson Airport". Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.
- ^ City of Alcoa, official website