TYS · Knoxville/Maryville, United States
McGhee Tyson Airport.
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McGhee Tyson Airport
Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee, USA
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for TYS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3938; ident KTYS; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
flyknowxville.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
McGhee Tyson Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
17 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
TYS / KTYS
OurAirports ident
KTYS
GPS / local code
KTYS / TYS
ISO region
US-TN
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
flyknowxville.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q649929
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:08 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
18 km
Approximate distance to central Knoxville/Maryville.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Runway surface
asphalt, concrete
Opened / operator
1927
Owner / entity
Q649929
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
17 source-backed signals
McGhee Tyson Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Knoxville/Maryville, United States. Knoxville/Maryville's built-up core sits roughly 18 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS / KTYS) is at 35.8110° N, 83.9940° W, elevation 981 ft (299 m), serving Knoxville/Maryville, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Knoxville/Maryville is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Knoxville/Maryville: 18 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for TYS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS / KTYS)
McGhee Tyson Airport · Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee, USA
Known label 1
Knoxville
Alternate airport-name cue retained for TYS, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
KTYS · KTYS · TYS · US-TN
flyknowxville.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Maryville
maryville · 6.4 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 28,464 · city coordinates 35.7565, -83.9705
2. Farragut
farragut · 17 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 21,919 · city coordinates 35.8845, -84.1535
3. Knoxville
knoxville · 18 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 190,740 · city coordinates 35.9606, -83.9207
4. Oak Ridge
oak-ridge-4646571 · 33 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 29,302 · city coordinates 36.0104, -84.2696
5. Sevierville
sevierville · 39 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 16,490 · city coordinates 35.8681, -83.5618
6. Morristown
morristown · 77 km from TYS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 29,478 · city coordinates 36.2140, -83.2949
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. BNA KBNA
Nashville International Airport · Nashville
244 km from TYS · America/Chicago · -1h · elevation 599 ft (183 m) · airport coordinates 36.1245, -86.6782
2. ATL KATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta
245 km from TYS · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 1,026 ft (313 m) · airport coordinates 33.6367, -84.4281
3. CLT KCLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte
284 km from TYS · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 748 ft (228 m) · airport coordinates 35.2140, -80.9431
Route-time reference set
1. TYS-BNA
Nashville · 244 km · 1h 9m
America/Chicago · -1h from TYS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. TYS-ATL
Atlanta · 245 km · 1h 9m
America/New_York · +0h from TYS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. TYS-CLT
Charlotte · 284 km · 1h 12m
America/New_York · +0h from TYS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 10,000 ft / 3,048 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt, concrete
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for TYS.
Runway identifiers
05L/23R · 05R/23L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ATL KATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta · 245 km from TYS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 1,026 ft (313 m) · 33.6367, -84.4281
2. BNA KBNA
Nashville International Airport · Nashville · 244 km from TYS
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 599 ft (183 m) · 36.1245, -86.6782
3. CLT KCLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte · 284 km from TYS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 748 ft (228 m) · 35.2140, -80.9431
4. SDF KSDF
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · Louisville · 305 km from TYS
large airport · America/Kentucky/Louisville · united-states · 501 ft (153 m) · 38.1706, -85.7351
5. BHM KBHM
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport · Birmingham · 355 km from TYS
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 650 ft (198 m) · 33.5629, -86.7507
6. CVG KCVG
Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · Cincinnati / Covington · 365 km from TYS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 896 ft (273 m) · 39.0488, -84.6678
Country and authority
TYS sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). TYS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
TYS is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Knoxville. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee, USA. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q649929 · McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base. Administrative area: Tennessee. Entity official-site cross-check: flyknoxville.com
Field and clock profile
McGhee Tyson Airport is a low-elevation field at 981 ft (299 m), positioned at 35.8110° N, 83.9940° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 10,000 ft / 3,048 m. The airport clock uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Maryville is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.4 km. BNA Nashville is the closest retained airport alternative at 244 km.
Country airport peers
TYS is compared with ATL Atlanta at 245 km, BNA Nashville at 244 km, CLT Charlotte at 284 km, SDF Louisville at 305 km, BHM Birmingham at 355 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
TYS-BNA Nashville: 244 km, about 1h 9m, -1h. TYS-ATL Atlanta: 245 km, about 1h 9m, +0h. TYS-CLT Charlotte: 284 km, about 1h 12m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KTYS backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. flyknowxville.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Runway identifiers
05L/23R, 05R/23L
OurAirports classifies TYS as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
TYS (KTYS) is a low-elevation field at 981 ft (299 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
TYS sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
TYS's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 10,000 ft / 3,048 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt, concrete.
Civil aviation oversight for TYS runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at flyknowxville.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for TYS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
TYS uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
McGhee Tyson Airport is about 18 km from central Knoxville/Maryville; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
BNA Nashville is the closest retained alternate at 244 km, time difference -1h.
When source checks matter
flyknowxville.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place TYS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
TYS ranks #94 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
TYS shares America/New_York with ALB Albany US · ATL Atlanta US · BDL Hartford US · BOS Boston US · BUF Buffalo US · BWI Baltimore US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
TYS is 981 ft (299 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include OMA 984 ft (300 m) (3 ft delta) · TRN 989 ft (301 m) (8 ft delta) · NDJ 968 ft (295 m) (13 ft delta) · KTW 995 ft (303 m) (14 ft delta) · DSM 958 ft (292 m) (23 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
TYS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are BNA 244 km -1h · ATL 245 km +0h · CLT 284 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | BNA | 244 km | 1h 9m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Atlanta | ATL | 245 km | 1h 9m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Charlotte | CLT | 284 km | 1h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
TYS to BNA
Nashville
Distance 244 km; estimated travel window 1h 9m; destination zone America/Chicago is -1h from TYS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TYS to ATL
Atlanta
Distance 245 km; estimated travel window 1h 9m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from TYS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TYS to CLT
Charlotte
Distance 284 km; estimated travel window 1h 12m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from TYS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Knoxville is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
McGhee Tyson Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from TYS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Maryville
maryville · 6.4 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Farragut
farragut · 17 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Knoxville
knoxville · 18 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Oak Ridge
oak-ridge-4646571 · 33 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sevierville
sevierville · 39 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Morristown
morristown · 77 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cleveland
cleveland · 108 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Greeneville
greeneville · 112 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Asheville
asheville · 132 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
East Brainerd
east-brainerd · 139 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
East Chattanooga
east-chattanooga · 141 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cookeville
cookeville · 141 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -1h
Airlines and Network Role
McGhee Tyson Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Nashville (BNA), Atlanta (ATL), Charlotte (CLT). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 10,000 ft / 3,048 m; identifiers 05L/23R, 05R/23L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt, concrete; 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1927.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from TYS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Nashville International AirportBNA
Nashville · large airport
- Distance
- 244 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 599 ft (183 m)
Compare against BNA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportATL
Atlanta · large airport
- Distance
- 245 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,026 ft (313 m)
Compare against ATL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Charlotte Douglas International AirportCLT
Charlotte · large airport
- Distance
- 284 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 748 ft (228 m)
Compare against CLT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) in?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
What are the codes for McGhee Tyson Airport?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport uses IATA code TYS and ICAO code KTYS.
Where is McGhee Tyson Airport located?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport is located in Knoxville/Maryville, United States at coordinates 35.8110° N, 83.9940° W, with an elevation of 981 ft (299 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is McGhee Tyson Airport from central Knoxville/Maryville?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport sits roughly 18 km from the nearest mapped city center for Knoxville/Maryville.
Which route reference is most useful from TYS?▾
Nashville (BNA) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 9m, destination timezone America/Chicago, and a -1h difference from TYS.
Which authority regulates TYS?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to TYS?▾
TYS's curated peers in United States on this site include ATL Atlanta, BNA Nashville, CLT Charlotte, plus 3 more.
How many runways does McGhee Tyson Airport have?▾
McGhee Tyson Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 10,000 ft / 3,048 m; identifiers include 05L/23R, 05R/23L.