Murphy Field
17TN · Jonesborough, Tennessee · Washington County · map
Murphy Field is a private airport, 6 miles northeast of Jonesborough, Tennessee, 1,720 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 1,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17TN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2004
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,500 × 50 ft | Grass | |
| 03/21 | 1,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Jonesborough from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Jonesborough, Tennessee: 17 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.