TYS

McGhee Tyson Airport

ICAO KTYS35.8110°N 83.9940°W986 ft / 301 mLarge airport
On the map
KTYS FAA Airport Diagram
Produced by the National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO), a department of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). · Public domain · Commons

McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS) is a large airport in Knoxville/Maryville, Tennessee, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 3.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
1927
OpenedMcGhee Tyson Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
McGhee Tyson Airport
05L/23R045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
05R/23L045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
1.9M
2.1M
2.5M
1.1M
2.0M
2.4M
2.8M
3.3M
3.6M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

27 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 152 mi / 245 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 176 mi / 284 kmJAX · Jacksonville International Airport · 391 mi / 629 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 396 mi / 637 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 419 mi / 674 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 436 mi / 702 kmGUF · Jack Edwards National Airport · 437 mi / 703 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 475 mi / 765 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 512 mi / 824 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 534 mi / 859 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 551 mi / 887 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 554 mi / 891 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 588 mi / 946 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 626 mi / 1,007 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 630 mi / 1,014 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 710 mi / 1,143 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 726 mi / 1,168 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 770 mi / 1,239 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 771 mi / 1,241 kmHOU · William P. Hobby Airport · 781 mi / 1,257 kmEYW · Key West International Airport · 789 mi / 1,270 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 880 mi / 1,417 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,159 mi / 1,866 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,596 mi / 2,568 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,735 mi / 2,793 kmMDW · Chicago Midway International Airport · 460 mi / 740 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 829 mi / 1,334 kmLASPHXDENAUSBOSEYWDFWMIAEWRSRQSFBORDGUFDCAJAXCLTATLHOUPHLIAHPGDPIEMCOVPSFLLMDWIADTYS
Year-round25
ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines245 km152 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle284 km176 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air629 km391 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air637 km396 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express, Allegiant Air674 km419 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle702 km436 miGUFJack Edwards National AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air703 km437 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle765 km475 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air824 km512 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air859 km534 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air887 km551 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, American Eagle891 km554 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air946 km588 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,007 km626 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, Allegiant Air1,014 km630 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,143 km710 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,168 km726 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,239 km770 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,241 km771 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,257 km781 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,270 km789 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,417 km880 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,866 km1,159 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,568 km1,596 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,793 km1,735 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 20American Eagle 6United Express 5Delta Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TYS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “McGhee Tyson Airport” (revision of 5 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#416of 3,974 · #100 North America · #79 USLongest runway10,000 ft3,048 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,058of 29,823 · =243 North America · =191 USElevation986 ft301 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#17,925of 43,341 · #8,024 North America · #6,431 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 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

10 channels
A/DKNOXVILLE APP/DEP118.000
A/DKNOXVILLE APP/DEP36.080
ATISATIS128.350
CLDCLNC DEL121.650
GNDKNOXVILLE GND121.900
MISCARNG OPS41.500
PTDPTD30.300
RDONASHVILLE RDO122.200
TWRKNOXVILLE TWR121.200
UNICUNICOM122.950