# Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX)

**Knoxville Downtown Island Airport** (ICAO: KDKX) is a small airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It opened in Nov 1938. It has one runway, 3,499 ft (1,067 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdkx

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KDKX
- FAA: DKX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Opened: Nov 1938
- Elevation: 833 ft / 254 m
- Coordinates: 35.9639, -83.8739
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,499 ft / 1,067 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.dkxairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Downtown_Island_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423662
- Weather station: KDKX
- Ident: KDKX

## Timeline

- Nov 1938: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,499 ft / 1,067 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 075° / 255° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,499 ft / 1,067 m | =12,761 of 29,858 | =5,180 in North America | =4,318 in US |
| Elevation | 833 ft / 254 m | =20,737 of 43,403 | =9,632 in North America | =7,887 in US |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 123.900 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 125.375 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

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- [TN94](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tn94.md) Robertson Farm Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [TN20](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tn20.md) Seymour Air Park · 12 mi / 19 km
- [TYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktys.md) McGhee Tyson Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [44TN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/44tn.md) Stone Field · 14 mi / 23 km
- [4TN0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4tn0.md) Melton Field · 15 mi / 24 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdkx/data