Tri-Cities Airport
TRI · KTRI · Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, Tennessee · Sullivan County · map
Tri-Cities Airport is a public-use airport, 12 miles southwest of Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, Tennessee, 1,519 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 8,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 53 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 44,993 takeoffs and landings a year. About 227,646 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tri-Cities Airport?
Its FAA code is TRI, and its ICAO code is KTRI.
Where is Tri-Cities Airport?
It is 12 miles southwest of Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, Tennessee, 1,519 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Tri-Cities Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 8,000 feet long.
Does Tri-Cities Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tri-Cities Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Tri-Cities Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Orlando Sanford International, Chicago O'Hare International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Tri-Cities Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Tennessee Flight Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tri-Cities Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tri-Cities Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TRI · ICAO KTRI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,519 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 4,443 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 142 ft high 5,040 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 47 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
- Runway 09: 4,321 ft available for landing
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 128 ft, 4,057 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Tri City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Tri and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.25 | Tri City |
| Ground | 121.7 | Tri City |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Approach and departure | 125.25 | |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service arriving from headings 228 to 046 | 125.5 | Tri City |
| Approach (secondary) · Approach and departure | 128.05 | Tri City |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service arriving from headings 047 to 227 | 134.425 | Tri City |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Tri City |
| Bristol and rco | 122.2 | Bristol |
| Glade Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 | Tri City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 423-218-2712.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: William B Greene JR Regional (13 nm southeast), Virginia Highlands Airport (22 nm northeast), Greeneville Municipal (26 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- U.S. customs user fee airport.
- Cities of Bristol, TN; Bristol, VA; Johnson city and Kingsport, TN; counties of washington and Sullivan. Tri Cities airport authority sets policy and has financial authority for the airport.
- Runway 09/27 unavailable when tower closed.
- Aircraft with wingspan more than 79 feet are rstrd from using taxiway a between taxiway Y and approach end runway 05 when aircraft with wingspan more than 79 feet using runway 05/23.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of the aprt.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4,779 departures from TRI in those twelve months, carrying 275,052 passengers in 347,677 seats (79% filled), to 32 destinations on 13 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Cities → Charlotte/Douglas International TRI–CLT | 2,008 | 77,531 | Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Tri-Cities → Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International TRI–ATL | 1,674 | 110,896 | Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Tri-Cities → Dallas-Fort Worth International TRI–DFW | 680 | 42,537 | Envoy Air, PSA Airlines Inc. |
| Tri-Cities → Orlando Sanford International TRI–SFB | 132 | 19,295 | Allegiant Air |
| Tri-Cities → Chicago O'Hare International TRI–ORD | 71 | 4,030 | Envoy Air, Delta Air Lines Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Tri-Cities → Washington Dulles International TRI–IAD | 66 | 4,700 | Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze |
| Tri-Cities → Orlando International TRI–MCO | 66 | 6,518 | Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze |
| Tri-Cities → St. Pete-Clearwater International TRI–PIE | 52 | 7,715 | Allegiant Air |
All 32 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 31 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 12 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 44,993, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 4,472 |
| air taxi and commuter | 7,076 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,938 |
| general aviation, local | 12,697 |
| military | 2,810 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, TN as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Tennessee Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Bristol, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing).
- Eric R. Spicer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TRI-Cities Airport · Blountville, TN (4 nm) · (423) 341-0220 · [email protected]
- Mark Robey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tri-Cities Aviation · Blountville, TN (4 nm) · (931) 431-8119 · [email protected]
- Daniel Jonathan Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dan Moore Aero LLC · Elizabethton, TN (13 nm) · (423) 647-4359 · [email protected]
- Donald Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SkyKnight Hangar · Greeneville, TN (26 nm) · (850) 333-4886 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Tennessee Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,008 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,674 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 680 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Orlando Sanford International (SFB) 132 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 71 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 66 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Orlando International (MCO) 66 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- St. Pete-Clearwater International (PIE) 52 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,524 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TRI.json.
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 26, 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.