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McGhee Tyson airport in Knoxville (United State)
McGhee Tyson airport is located near Knoxville, with Airport Plaza at 1mi↑, Alcoa at 2mi↑, Louisville at 3mi↑, Eagleton Village at 4mi↑, Maryville at 4mi↑, Wildwood at 7mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of McGhee Tyson airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KTYS
- IATA code : TYS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 299 m = 981ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 05L/23R : 2745m = 9006ft
- runway 05R/23L : 2743m = 8999ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
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Aviation weather for McGhee Tyson airport KTYS TYS
METAR for McGhee Tyson airport KTYS TYS
KTYS 070253Z 19008KT 10SM BKN080 BKN100 BKN150 24/16 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02440156 53004
Decoded METAR for McGhee Tyson airport KTYS TYS
METAR issued by KTYS on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 02:53 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 56 hours and -2859 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 24°C = 75°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 61 %.
QNH is 1022hPa = 30.17inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 190°.
Clouds : broken at 8000ft = 2440m. broken at 10000ft = 3050m. broken at 15000ft = 4570m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=206 T02440156 53004
TAF for McGhee Tyson airport KTYS TYS
KTYS 062320Z 0700/0724 27006KT P6SM BKN060 FM071100 21006KT P6SM VCSH BKN060 PROB30 0719/0724 21008KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 BKN050
Decoded TAF for McGhee Tyson airport KTYS TYS
TAF issued by KTYS on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 23:20 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 11 hours and 54 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, October 6, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
0700/0724 27006KT P6SM BKN060
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 6000ft = 1830m
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM071100 21006KT P6SM VCSH BKN060
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 210°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
in vicinity shower
broken at 6000ft = 1830m
probability of 30% to have from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
PROB30 0719/0724 21008KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 BKN050
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 210°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m broken at 5000ft = 1520m
NOTAM for McGhee Tyson airport
Around McGhee Tyson airport in Knoxville (United State)
near
- Hotels in Airport Plaza
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 560mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 641mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4178mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4220mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4220mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4220mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4221mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4221mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4222mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4234mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4234mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4234mi↑
- for McGhee Tyson airport at 0mi↑
- for Vertiflite airport at 4mi↑
- for Stone Field airport at 5mi↑
nearest airports to McGhee Tyson airport in Knoxville (United State)
- Vertiflite heliport ( TN59) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Stone Field airport ( 44TN) at 5mi↑
- Sky Ranch airport ( TN98) at 6mi↑
- Montvale Airpark airport ( TN87) at 8mi↑
- Univ of Tennessee Medical Center heliport ( 09TN) at 9mi↑
- Park West heliport ( 0TN3) at 9mi↑
- Horne Properties heliport ( 0TN7) at 9mi↑
- Colony Park heliport ( US-5910) at 10mi↑defunct airport
- East Tennessee Children's Hospital heliport ( 0TN9) at 11mi↑
- Raby Airpark airport ( 8TN3) at 11mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap