Arnold Air Force Base
AYX · KAYX · Tullahoma, Tennessee · Coffee County · map
Arnold Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf in Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1,065 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AYX · ICAO KAYX
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 1,065 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 126.2 | · Uhf 257.975 |
Aircraft registered in Tullahoma from the FAA register
114 aircraft are registered to owners in Tullahoma, Tennessee: 81 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 9 helicopters, 7 turboprops, 2 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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 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
- 24 hour.
- Uhf 257.975
- Activate as rqr.
- 126.2 or uhf 257.975
- WT brg cpty ST175; runway 03 first 1000 feet WT brg cpty ST121 DDTW425.
- Transient alert: no maintenance support.
- Ctn: C-130 airdrop and hop in the vicinity of airport.
- Traffic pattern: ovhd 2500 feet pattern flown west of runway; avoid overflight of large rocket test facility 1 NM east and base structures 2 NM east below 2500 above ground level.
- Ctn: landing at pilot discretion.
- Restricted: military aircraft only.
- Unatndd. Offl bus only; prior permission required.
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.