McGhee Tyson Airport
McGhee Tyson Airport is a public/military airport 12 miles south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “Knoxville Municipal Airport”, “KTYS”, “McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base”, “McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)”, and “TYS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alcoa High School.
Alcoa High School
School building
Alcoa High School is a 9-12 youth detention center located in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is the only high school in the Alcoa City Schools system. Recently moved into the NEW Alcoa High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alcoa and Armona.
Alcoa
Town
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Alcoa is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Armona
Hamlet
Armona is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee, in the United States. The origin of the name Armona is uncertain, but it may refer to a type of strawberry.
Old Glory
Hamlet
Old Glory is an unincorporated community in Blount County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
McGhee Tyson Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.80981° or 35° 48′ 35″ northLongitude
-83.99644° or 83° 59′ 47″ westElevation
951 feet (290 metres)Operator
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport AuthorityIATA airport code
TYSICAO airport code
KTYSFAA airport code
TYSOpen location code
867RR253+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 224518629OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover McGhee Tyson Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“McGhee Tyson Airport” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “McGhee Tyson Lughawe”
- Afrikaans: “McGhee Tyson-lughawe”
- Cebuano: “Mc Ghee Tyson Airport”
- Chinese: “諾克斯維爾”
- Chinese: “麥吉泰森机场”
- Chinese: “麥吉泰森機場”
- Chinese: “麥基泰臣機場”
- Chinese: “麦吉·泰森机场”
- Dutch: “McGhee Tyson Airport”
- French: “aéroport McGhee Tyson”
- French: “Aéroport McGhee Tyson”
- French: “McGhee Tyson Airport”
- French: “TYS”
- German: “Flughafen Knoxville McGhee Tyson”
- German: “KTYS”
- German: “McGhee Tyson Airport”
- Indonesian: “KTYS”
- Indonesian: “TYS”
- Japanese: “ノックスビル”
- Japanese: “マギー・タイソン空港”
- Japanese: “マクギー・タイソン空港”
- Marathi: “मॅकघी टायसन विमानतळ”
- Navajo: “Shádiʼááhjí Joołdahsiʼą́ądi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McGhee Tyson lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “McGhee Tyson lufthavn”
- Persian: “KTYS”
- Persian: “TYS”
- Persian: “فرودگاه مک گی تایسن”
- Persian: “فرودگاه مکگی تایسن”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul McGhee Tyson”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи макгий тоисн”
- Urdu: “مکگیی ٹائسن ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Benford Heights Addition and Springbrook.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base and Mentor Community Park.
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