McGhee Tyson Airport is a public and military use airport serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. It is located 10 nautical miles south of the central business district 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 has commercial service is provided by several major airlines and connection carriers. The airport employs approximately 2,700 individuals. It is a 30-minute commute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 841,237 enplanements in 2011, an increase of 4.51% from 804,917 in 2010. The airport also serves as the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard. Wikipedia [ - ]

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