McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)

General Information McGhee Tyson Airport

Country: United States (USA)
ISO code country: US
City: Knoxville
Airport name: McGhee Tyson Airport
Code IATA: TYS
Code ICAO: KTYS
Time zone: -5 GMT
Altitude: 298 meters
Length of runway: 2743 meters

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McGhee Tyson Airport Contacts: adress, zip code, phone

Tel: +1 (1)865 3423000
Adress: 2055 Alcoa Hwy, Alcoa, TN 37701, USA
Web: flyknoxville.com

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General Info about McGhee Tyson Airport

McGhee Tyson Airport is a public/military airport 12 miles south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Blount County, 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.