McGhee Tyson Airport

McGhee Tyson Airport McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
View of terminal building
IATA: TYS ICAO: KTYS FAA LID: TYS WMO: 72326
Summary
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 / 35.81111; -83.99389
Website	flyknoxville.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of May 2023
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05L/23R 10,000 3,048 Asphalt 05R/23L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 2,835,773 Aircraft operations 104,459 Total freight (lbs.) 76,522,366
Sources: McGhee Tyson Airport[1][2]

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.