Mcminn County
MMI · KMMI · Athens, Tennessee · Mc Minn County · map
Mcminn County is a public-use airport owned by Mcminn County, 3 miles southeast of Athens, Tennessee, 874 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 6,450 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 39 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 22,575 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMMI · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KMMI 062315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3003 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 MMI · ICAO KMMI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mcminn County
- Elevation
- 874 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Sunday, 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm; Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,450 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 949 ft, trees 77 ft high 1,187 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 96 ft high 2,041 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.9 | |
| Mmi and aWOS-3 | 125.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 423-745-3422.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,575, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Athens from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Athens, Tennessee: 29 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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 · 7 since 1982, 0 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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Cld easter, thanksgiving and christmas.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess left of centerline.
- Approach slope 36:1 to dthr.
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.