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KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport VFR

  • Name
    McGhee Tyson Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KTYS / TYS / KTYS
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    7:22 pm (EST)
  • Municipality
    Alcoa
  • Coordinates
    35° 48′ 39″ N 83° 59′ 38″ E
  • Elevation
    981 ft (299 m MSL)

About McGhee Tyson Airport

McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.

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

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