Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
DKX · KDKX · Knoxville, Tennessee · Knox County · map
Knoxville Downtown Island Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee, 833 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 161 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 76,700 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
Its FAA code is DKX, and its ICAO code is KDKX.
Where is Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee, 833 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,499 feet long, asphalt.
Does Knoxville Downtown Island Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Backcourse Flyers INC and University of Tennessee. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Knoxville Downtown Island Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Knoxville Downtown Island Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DKX · ICAO KDKX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 833 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,499 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 54 ft high 862 ft from the end
- Runway 26: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.9 | |
| Dkx and aWOS-3 | 125.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 865-579-6151.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: MC Ghee Tyson Airport (11 nm southwest), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (18 nm east), Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (26 nm northwest).
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
- Geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and taxiway lights operates dusk to dawn and preset low intst; incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 123.075.
- 100LL self serv H24 with credit card.
- Calm wind runway.
- Noise sensitive area 1 NM southwest; departure avoid flight ovr nbrhd.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 131 |
| multi-engine | 20 |
| helicopters | 8 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 76,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 400 |
| general aviation, travelling | 37,500 |
| general aviation, local | 38,500 |
| military | 300 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Knoxville from the FAA register
382 aircraft are registered to owners in Knoxville, Tennessee: 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops, 19 piston twins, 12 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Backcourse Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Powell, 10 miles away
- University of Tennessee 4 aircraft · Alcoa, 12 miles away
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · Knoxville, 13 miles away Skyranch Youth Aviation Program is a youth aviation education organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee that provides middle and high school students with opportunities to learn aviation skills through aircraft maintenance, repair projects
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft · Knoxville, 13 miles away Knoxville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (DKX) in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Charter operators and airlines based in Knoxville:
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate Flight Choice operates as an FAA Part 135 air carrier providing on-demand aircraft charter, aircraft management, and maintenance services in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 24 training center evaluators.
- Gary Wayne Sumner private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (11 nm) · (865) 560-6599 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (11 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Michael Taylor Copeland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (11 nm) · (865) 300-5086 · [email protected]
- Ryan Marshall Hile private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · DKX FBO · Knoxville, TN (11 nm) · (865) 253-4490 · [email protected]
- Travis Dean Wellik private pilot, commercial and instrument, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Alcoa, TN (12 nm) · (507) 951-4572 · [email protected]
- Brian Ross Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Sevierville, TN (18 nm) · (865) 318-4228 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Andrews, NC (46 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
All 41 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 30 since 1982, 3 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 Knoxville 382 aircraft · 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops
- Cirrus Design CORP 22 aircraft in town
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft in town
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft in town
- Wdw Aviation Leasing INC 3 aircraft in town
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Backcourse Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- University of Tennessee 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 30 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 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 6,523 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DKX.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 October 28, 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.