Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal
SYI · KSYI · Shelbyville, Tennessee · Bedford County · map
Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Shelbyville, 4 miles north of Shelbyville, Tennessee, 800 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,504 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 56 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,179 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSYI · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 KSYI 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2997 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 SYI · ICAO KSYI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Shelbyville
- Elevation
- 800 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,504 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 25 ft high 1,057 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Allln and star · Approach and departure · Jning and star | 118.4 | |
| Syi and aWOS-3 | 119.275 | |
| Preds and star | 119.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 931-685-4723.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,179, 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 Shelbyville from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelbyville, Tennessee: 46 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 2 balloons, 1 piston twin. 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, 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas; aft hour - amgr.
- Self serv available H24.
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.