Tri-Cities Regional Airport

This article is about the airport of Blountville, Tennessee. For other uses, see Tri-Cities Airport.
Tri-Cities Airport

Tri-Cities Airport, TN/VA
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTri-Cities Airport Authority
ServesTri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia
(Johnson City, Tennessee; Kingsport, Tennessee; Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia)
LocationBlountville, Tennessee, U.S.
Elevation AMSL1,519 ft / 463 m
Coordinates36°28′31″N 082°24′27″W / 36.47528°N 82.40750°W / 36.47528; -82.40750
Websitehttp://www.flytri.com
Map
TRI is located in Tennessee
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Location
TRI is located in the United States
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TRI (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
9/27 4,442 1,354 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2023)49,790
Based aircraft (2023)53

Tri-Cities Airport (IATA: TRI, ICAO: KTRI, FAA LID: TRI) (also known as Tri-Cities Airport, TN/VA), is in Blountville, Tennessee, United States. It serves the Tri-Cities area (Johnson City, Tennessee; Kingsport, Tennessee; Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia) of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The airport is governed by the Tri-Cities Airport Authority (TCAA) whose members are appointed by the cities of Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol (TN), Bristol (VA) and both Washington and Sullivan counties in Tennessee.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 202,730 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 217,783 in 2009 and 202,114 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for TRI PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Mar 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.