# Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP / KTUP)

**Tupelo Regional Airport** (IATA: TUP, ICAO: KTUP) is a medium airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 7,150 ft (2,179 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 36 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TUP / KTUP
- FAA: TUP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 347 ft / 106 m
- Coordinates: 34.2681, -88.7699
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,150 ft / 2,179 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 35,690 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flytupelo.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupelo_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7853522
- Weather station: KTUP · WMO 72332
- Ident: KTUP

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Tupelo Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 7,150 ft / 2,179 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00854AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 21,923 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 26,808 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 30,935 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,606 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 31,040 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,149 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 26,343 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 31,959 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 35,690 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · United States · 175 mi / 281 km · Contour Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 485 mi / 781 km · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 36K (2025) | #2,223 of 3,974 | #514 in North America | #347 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,150 ft / 2,179 m | =3,377 of 29,858 | =763 in North America | =571 in US |
| Elevation | 347 ft / 106 m | =30,230 of 43,403 | =14,067 in North America | =11,839 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 133.525 |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 128.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.775 |
| GND | GND | 121.825 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 33.500 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.775 |

## Nearby airports

- [UOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuox.md) University Oxford Airport · 44 mi / 72 km
- [CBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcbm.md) Columbus Air Force Base · 47 mi / 76 km
- [GTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgtr.md) Golden Triangle Regional Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [MSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsl.md) Northwest Alabama Regional Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 87 mi / 140 km
- [MKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmkl.md) McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport · 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Tupelo Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tupelo_Regional_Airport&oldid=1373776729), revision of 7 Sep 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/ktup/data