Kite Field
97TN · Jonesborough, Tennessee · Washington County · map
Kite Field is a private airport, 6 miles wsw of Jonesborough, Tennessee, 1,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 97TN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,800 × 50 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Greeneville Municipal (12 nm southwest), Tri-Cities Airport (15 nm northeast), William B Greene JR Regional (21 nm east), Avery County/Morrison Field (35 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greeneville Municipal (12 nm southwest), Tri-Cities Airport (15 nm northeast), Hawkins County (18 nm northwest), William B Greene JR Regional (21 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Runway 04 marked with orange 24 inch high cones.
- Runway 22 marked with orange 24 inch high cones.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jonesborough 20 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 balloons
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,198 since 1982 · 231 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,529 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/97TN.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 3, 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.