John C Tune Airport
JWN · KJWN · Nashville, Tennessee · Davidson County · map
John C Tune Airport is a public-use airport owned by Metro Nashville Apt Authority, 1 mile northwest of Nashville, Tennessee, 501 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 6,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KJWN · observed 2:50 pm CDT (19:50 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KJWN 061950Z 12004KT 10SM CLR 27/10 A3000
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 JWN · ICAO KJWN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Metro Nashville Apt Authority
- Elevation
- 501 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 80 ft high 2,148 ft from the end
- Runway 20: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 40 ft high 1,572 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.45 | John Tune |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.075 | John Tune |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | John Tune |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.55 | John Tune |
| Approach and departure · Preds and star | 119.35 | John Tune |
| Allln and star · Jning and star · Kombs and star | 118.4 | John Tune |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 615-350-6222.
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 Nashville from the FAA register
370 aircraft are registered to owners in Nashville, Tennessee: 185 piston singles, 91 business jets, 31 helicopters, 24 piston twins, 21 turboprops. 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 · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- Birds and deer in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Helicopter and fixed wing.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 186 feet long by 121 feet wide located 560 feet from departure end runway 20.
- Bleedover ocr all frequencies 1.75 NM north of runway.
- Taxiway R1 closed to aircraft wingspan more than 49FT
- Taxiway R2 closed to aircraft wingspan more than 79FT
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.