MC Ghee Tyson Airport
TYS · KTYS · Knoxville, Tennessee · Blount County · map
MC Ghee Tyson Airport is a public-use airport, 10 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, 986 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05L/23R, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives) and about 186 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 124,494 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,559,510 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
Its FAA code is TYS, and its ICAO code is KTYS.
Where is MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
It is 10 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, 986 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05L/23R, is 10,000 feet long.
Does MC Ghee Tyson Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives.
Where can you fly nonstop from MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Chicago O'Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Washington Dulles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC and Knoxville Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to MC Ghee Tyson Airport?
9 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 MC Ghee Tyson Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TYS · ICAO KTYS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 986 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1970
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05R/23L | 9,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, poor | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 490 ft, 9,508 ft available for landing
- Runway 23R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 505 ft, 9,495 ft available for landing
- Runway 05R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 8,600 ft available for landing
- Runway 23L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 397 ft, 8,600 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.35 | Knoxville |
| Clearance delivery | 121.65 | Knoxville |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Knoxville |
| Tower | 121.2 | Knoxville |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 051 to 229 | 118.0 | Knoxville |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 230 to 050 | 123.9 | Knoxville |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 125.525 | Knoxville |
| Approach and departure | 132.8 | |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Knoxville |
| Tys and vot | 112.0 | |
| Ang and operations | 143.8 | Knoxville |
| Arng and operations | 149.8 | Knoxville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 423-219-5043.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (11 nm northeast), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (23 nm east), Monroe County (25 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
- Military contr fuel available.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of of airport; incrd OCT-APR.
- Runway 23L and 23R departure mntn runway hdg until passing residential area south of extdd centerline unless instrd by air traffic control.
- Wide body use ctn turning onto taxiway a from ramp 4, 5 and 6.
- Ctn: ptn of taxiway a near runway 05R approach end not vsb from tower.
- Ang: comd post H24 - D266-4371/ C865-336-4371. Amgr does not issue or store comsec for transient. Tmpry stor of classified materials up to top secret at comd post.
- Ctn: hold short line for runway 23L slightly north of taxiway A-8.
- Ang: arng ramp not suitable for amc aircraft except C-21.
- Cstms/agricultural/img: military customs 72 hour prior permission required.
- Runway 5L/23R and 5R/23L WT brg cpty for 2S landing gear is 175.
- General aviation ramp not available for air carrier operations.
- Runway 05R/23L dist rmng signs are removed.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 23,504 departures from TYS in those twelve months, carrying 1,861,854 passengers in 2,275,777 seats (82% filled), to 137 destinations (1 abroad) on 30 airlines.
All 137 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 | 84 |
| multi-engine | 26 |
| jets | 50 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 22 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 124,494, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 32,425 |
| air taxi and commuter | 19,842 |
| general aviation, travelling | 44,881 |
| general aviation, local | 14,354 |
| military | 12,992 |
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 Knoxville from the FAA register
382 aircraft are registered to owners in Knoxville, Tennessee: 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops, 19 piston twins, 12 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
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:
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · Knoxville Skyranch Youth Aviation Program is a youth aviation education organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee that provides middle and high school students with opportunities to learn aviation skills through aircraft maintenance, repair projects
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft · Knoxville Knoxville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (DKX) in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- University of Tennessee 4 aircraft · Alcoa, 1 mile away
Charter operators and airlines based in Knoxville:
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate Flight Choice operates as an FAA Part 135 air carrier providing on-demand aircraft charter, aircraft management, and maintenance services in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 24 training center evaluators.
- Gary Wayne Sumner private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (0 nm) · (865) 560-6599 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (0 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Michael Taylor Copeland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Knoxville, TN (0 nm) · (865) 300-5086 · [email protected]
- Ryan Marshall Hile private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · DKX FBO · Knoxville, TN (0 nm) · (865) 253-4490 · [email protected]
- Travis Dean Wellik private pilot, commercial and instrument, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Alcoa, TN (1 nm) · (507) 951-4572 · [email protected]
- Brian Ross Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Sevierville, TN (23 nm) · (865) 318-4228 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Andrews, NC (38 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- Sarah Diane Arnold private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Benton, TN (45 nm) · (423) 506-9015 · [email protected]
All 43 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
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 · 19 since 1982, 5 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
- Aircraft registered in Knoxville 382 aircraft · 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops
- Cirrus Design CORP 22 aircraft in town
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft in town
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft in town
- Wdw Aviation Leasing INC 3 aircraft in town
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- University of Tennessee 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,922 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,726 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,610 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,666 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,350 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Allegiant Air
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,325 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Mesa Airlines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 1,052 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Republic Airline
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 999 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- 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/TYS.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.