Smyrna Airport
MQY · KMQY · Smyrna, Tennessee · Rutherford County · map
Smyrna Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles north of Smyrna, Tennessee, 543 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 8,038 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMQY · observed 4:56 pm CDT (21:56 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMQY 062156Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/08 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02890083 $
TAF KMQY 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
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 MQY · ICAO KMQY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 543 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 957 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm mon-fri, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm sat-sun
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 8,038 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 5,546 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, fair | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 35 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 74 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Smyrna |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.4 | Smyrna |
| Allln and star · Approach and departure · Jning and star | 118.4 | Smyrna |
| Mqy and aWOS-3PT | 119.125 | |
| Preds and star | 119.35 | Smyrna |
| Ng and operations | 149.8 | Smyrna |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 615-223-7716.
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Aircraft registered in Smyrna from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Smyrna, Tennessee: 39 piston singles, 37 airliners and large jets, 8 business jets, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 · 15 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
- Nashville international traffic transits Smyrna traffic area at 2500 feet above sea level and above.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01, 14, 19 and 32 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude: 457 feet above ground level helicopter, 957 feet above ground level light aircraft, 1457 feet above ground level turboprop/jet.
- C615-220-2957 or C615-459-3337.
- Closed indefinitely.
- Out of service indefinitely. Military: activate helicopter perimeter light - amgr.
- Ang base operations 6:30 am to 4:00 pm MON-FRI; prior permission required - D683-3611.
- 24 hour prior permission required ovr 30 passenger - amgr.
- Taxiway J south of taxiway a ltd to 65000 LB.
- Taxiway K ltd to 65000 LB.
- Class D service 1300-0400Z MON-FRI.
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.