Fayette County
FYE · KFYE · Somerville, Tennessee · Fayette County · map
Fayette County is a public-use airport owned by Fayette County, 2 miles southwest of Somerville, Tennessee, 436 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFYE · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFYE 061935Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 28/09 A2998 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FYE · ICAO KFYE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fayette County
- Elevation
- 436 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; May to SEPT, Sunday, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm; October to April, Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1975
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 77 ft high 2,127 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 86 ft high 3,118 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach | 125.8 | |
| Departure | 124.15 | |
| Fye and aWOS-3 | 119.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 901-465-6367.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Somerville from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Somerville, Tennessee: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 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
- O/R - amgr.
- VFR only.
- Deer in the vicinity of mov areas.
- O/R - amgr.
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.