McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS[3], ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville,[4] in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.[5]
Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it is served by several major airlines and employs about 2,700 people.[6] It is a 30-minute drive to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[7] The airport is the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) of the Tennessee Air National Guard.
^"TYS Airport Statistics for 2023" (PDF). flyknoxville.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
^"TYS Airport Stats 2018–2023". flyknoxville.com. 5 January 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
^"IATA Airport Code Search (TYS: Knoxville / McGhee Tyson)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
^FAA Airport Form 5010 for TYS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.
^"History of the Airport". McGhee Tyson Airport. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
^"About McGhee Tyson Airport". Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.
^City of Alcoa, official website
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