# Smyrna Airport (MQY / KMQY)

**Smyrna Airport** (IATA: MQY, ICAO: KMQY) is a medium airport in Smyrna, Tennessee, United States. It opened in Oct 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,038 ft (2,450 m). In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MQY / KMQY
- FAA: MQY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Smyrna, Tennessee, United States
- Opened: Oct 1942
- Elevation: 543 ft / 166 m
- Coordinates: 36.0090, -86.5201
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 8,038 ft / 2,450 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 4 arrivals
- Passengers: 2,339 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.smyrnaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyrna_Airport_(Tennessee) (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7546729
- Weather station: KMQY
- Ident: KMQY

## Timeline

- Oct 1942: Smyrna Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 8,038 ft / 2,450 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |
| 01/19 | 5,546 ft / 1,690 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 004° / 184° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00895AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 1,467 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 4,758 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 5,028 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 3,719 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 3,722 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,712 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,954 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 2,666 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,159 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,458 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,339 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from MQY, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (5)

- [OWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowb.md) Owensboro Daviess County Airport · United States · 125 mi / 201 km · 3 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [TUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktup.md) Tupelo Regional Airport · United States · 175 mi / 282 km · 4 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [CGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi.md) Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · United States · 189 mi / 304 km · 4 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 318 mi / 512 km · 5 passengers · Contour Airlines
- [ECP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kecp.md) Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport · United States · 393 mi / 632 km · 44 passengers · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MQY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2025) | #3,116 of 3,974 | #829 in North America | #602 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,038 ft / 2,450 m | =2,660 of 29,858 | =529 in North America | #392 in US |
| Elevation | 543 ft / 166 m | =26,370 of 43,403 | =12,648 in North America | =10,560 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NASHVILLE APP/DEP | 128.450 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.125 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.400 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 41.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [BWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwg.md) Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport · 66 mi / 107 km
- [HOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khop.md) Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell) · 71 mi / 114 km
- [CSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcsv.md) Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field · 80 mi / 129 km
- [HUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khua.md) Redstone Army Air Field · 92 mi / 149 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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/kmqy/data