McGhee-Tyson Airport

McGhee Tyson Airport McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
IATA: TYS ICAO: KTYS FAA LID: TYS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
Serves	Knoxville, Tennessee
Location	Alcoa, Tennessee, U.S.
Opened	1930
Elevation AMSL	979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates	35°48′40″N 083°59′38″W / 35.81111°N 83.99389°W / 35.81111; -83.99389Coordinates: 35°48′40″N 083°59′38″W / 35.81111°N 83.99389°W / 35.81111; -83.99389
Website	www.TYS.org
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5L/23R 6,005 1,830 Concrete 5R/23L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 101,779 Based aircraft 167 Passengers (2011) 1,688,882
Sources: FAA, Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority

McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public and military airport 12 miles south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee, United States. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, lost on patrol in World War I.

Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it is served by several major airlines and connection carriers. The airport employs about 2,700 people. It is a 30-minute drive to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 841,237 enplanements in 2011, an increase from 804,917 in 2010.

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.