Airlines Serving McGhee Tyson Airport: Allegiant Air 702-505-8888 American Eagle 800-433-7300 Delta Air 800-221-1212 Delta Lost Luggage 800-325-8224 Frontier Airlines 800-432-1359 United Airlines 800-241-6522 US Airways 800-428-4322 Parking Rates: Short-Term Parking: $18 per day Long-Term Parking: $12 per day Economy Parking: $10 per day Shipping Address: 2055 Alcoa Highway Alcoa, TN 37701
McGhee Tyson Airport is a public and military airport 12 miles south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee, United States. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, lost on patrol in World War I.Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it sees several major airlines and connection carriers. The airport employs about 2,700 people. It is a 30-minute commute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 841,237 enplanements in 2011, an increase from 804,917 in 2010.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.HistoryOn August 1, 1930, McGhee Tyson airport opened in honor of Charles McGhee Tyson. Originally the airport was on 60 acres in West Knoxville. In 1935 the city purchased 351 acres in Blount County for the current airport. On July 29, 1937, an American Airlines Stinson TriMotor, capable of carrying about 10 passengers, touched down at McGhee Tyson Airport, marking the first commercial flight at that facility. In 1941 the city built an air traffic control tower and two years later added two 5000ft runways.
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