MKL

McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport

ICAO KMKL35.5999°N 88.9156°W435 ft / 133 mMedium airport
On the map
McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport-TN-01Feb19997-USGS
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (IATA: MKL, ICAO: KMKL) is a medium airport in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. It opened in Jul 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,007 ft (1,831 m). In 2025 it handled 20 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
JUL 1942
OpenedMcKellar-Sipes Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
MecKellar-Sipes Terminal
02/20022° / 202° · LIT
LENGTH6,007 ft1,831 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
11/29112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH3,539 ft1,079 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
4K
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11K
10K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MKL. From the Wikipedia article “Jackson Regional Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers20K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,429of 3,974 · #570 North America · #394 USLongest runway6,007 ft1,831 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,515of 29,823 · =1,233 North America · =963 USElevation435 ft133 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#28,332of 43,341 · #13,430 North America · #11,271 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
ASOSASOS119.325
CNTRMEMPHIS CNTR134.650
CTAFCTAF127.150
GNDGND120.900
OPSARNG OPS41.500
RDOJACKSON RDO122.200
TWRJACKSON TWR127.150
UNICUNICOM122.950