# Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI / KTRI) **Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport** (IATA: TRI, ICAO: KTRI) is a medium airport in Blountville, Tennessee, United States. It opened in 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m). In 2025 it handled 503 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktri ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: TRI / KTRI - FAA: TRI - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Blountville, Tennessee, United States - Opened: 1937 - Elevation: 1,519 ft / 463 m - Coordinates: 36.4752, -82.4074 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m - Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 2 departures - Passengers: 502,589 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Website: http://www.triflight.com - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities_Regional_Airport (11 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329887 - Weather station: KTRI · WMO 72335 - Ident: KTRI ## Timeline - 1937: Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 05/23 | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes | | 09/27 | 4,443 ft / 1,354 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00426AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 431,519 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 434,996 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 412,302 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 389,975 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 402,334 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 446,346 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 199,660 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 315,214 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 383,064 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 442,218 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 458,435 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 502,589 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (7) - [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 120 mi / 193 km · American Eagle - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 227 mi / 365 km · Delta Connection - [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 320 mi / 515 km · Breeze Airways - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 480 mi / 773 km · American Eagle - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 536 mi / 863 km · Allegiant Air - [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 560 mi / 901 km · Breeze Airways - [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 866 mi / 1,394 km · American Eagle ### Seasonal (1) - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 592 mi / 953 km · Allegiant Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TRI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (4) - [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 3 - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 2 - MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 2 - [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 503K (2025) | #1,110 of 3,974 | #262 in North America | #179 in US | | Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US | | Elevation | 1,519 ft / 463 m | #11,866 of 43,403 | #5,136 in North America | #3,906 in US | | Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 119.250 | | ATIS | ATIS | 118.250 | | CTAF | CTAF | 119.500 | | DEP | DEP | 125.500 | | GND | GND | 121.700 | | RDO | NASHVILLE RDO | 122.200 | | TWR | TWR | 119.500 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [AVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavl.md) Asheville Regional Airport · 72 mi / 116 km - [HKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khky.md) Hickory Regional Airport · 76 mi / 123 km - [BLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kblf.md) Mercer County Airport · 87 mi / 140 km - [KJKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjkl.md) Julian Carroll Airport · 92 mi / 148 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) - [Wikipedia: “Tri-Cities Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tri-Cities_Regional_Airport&oldid=1371283518), revision of 25 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [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/ktri/data