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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTRI · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTRI 062053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02500089 56020 $
TAF KTRI 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT 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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.