Chilhowee
92A · Benton, Tennessee · Polk County · map
Chilhowee is a public-use gliderport, 4 miles northeast of Benton, Tennessee, 769 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,938 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 92A
- Kind
- Gliderport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 769 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to THUR, irregular hours; Friday to Sunday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1974
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,938 × 120 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Benton from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton, Tennessee: 12 gliders, 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- Glider act durg VFR condition; glider traffic west of airport.
- Overnight tie down available - amgr.
- Cntr 50 feet marked with in ground white mkrs.
- Threshold marked with white cones east side.
- Approach ratio 21:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 69:1 to dthr.
- Surface uneven.
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.