Smyrna Air Force Base

Smyrna Airport
USGS aerial image, February 1999
IATA: MQY ICAO: KMQY FAA LID: MQY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Smyrna / Rutherford County Airport Authority
Serves	Smyrna, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL	543 ft / 166 m
Coordinates	36°00′32″N 086°31′12″W / 36.00889°N 86.52000°W / 36.00889; -86.52000Coordinates: 36°00′32″N 086°31′12″W / 36.00889°N 86.52000°W / 36.00889; -86.52000
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 8,048 2,453 Asphalt 1/19 5,546 1,690 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 40 12 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 61,597 Based aircraft 199
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Smyrna Airport (IATA: MQY, ICAO: KMQY, FAA LID: MQY) is a public general aviation and military use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Smyrna, a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by Smyrna / Rutherford County Airport Authority. Smyrna Airport is the third largest airport in Tennessee and is the state's busiest general aviation airport. Prior to March 1971, the facility was an active military installation known as Sewart Air Force Base.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport for Nashville International Airport, which is located twelve nautical miles (22 km) to the north.

Smyrna Airport currently operates as a joint use facility with a Tennessee Army National Guard helicopter unit, Army Aviation Support Facility #1 (AASF#1), which operates 60 helicopters with 300 full-time Army National Guard personnel.