Tri-Cities Regional Airport

Tri-Cities Regional Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	KTRI
IATA code	TRI
Coordinates	36 ° 28 ′ 31 ″  N , 82 ° 24 ′ 27 ″  W Coordinates: 36 ° 28 ′ 31 ″  N , 82 ° 24 ′ 27 ″  W
Height above MSL	463 m (1519  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 miles southwest of Blountville
Street	I-81
Basic data
opening	1937
operator	Tri-Cities Airport Commission
Terminals	1
Passengers	425,922 (2016)
Air freight	18 t (2015/16)
Flight movements	46,274 (2015/16)
Runways
05/23	2438 m × 46 m asphalt
09/27	1454 m × 46 m asphalt

The Tri-Cities Regional Airport is an airport near Blountville in the US state of Tennessee . It serves cities in the Tri-Cities region on the border between Tennessee and Virginia .

Location and transport links

Tri-Cities Regional Airport is in the center of the region's three main cities: 19 kilometers northwest of Johnson City , 16 kilometers southeast of Kingsport and 23 kilometers southwest of Bristol .

It is accessible from Interstate 81 , Exit 63. Johnson City visitors can get to their destination via Interstate 26 , Exit 13, and US Highway 75 .

history

After the airfields in Kingsport and Johnson City proved to be too small, both cities, the city of Bristol and Sullivan County agreed to build a common airfield in the middle of the three cities. The Tri-Cities Airport Commission was founded in 1935 and within the next two years two runways , a hangar and a reception building were built. On November 5, 1937, Senator Kenneth McKellar inaugurated the airport as McKellar Field .

business

The Tri-Cities Regional Airport has scheduled flights to destinations within the United States. From here there are non-stop flights to Atlanta ( ATL ), Charlotte ( CLT ), Chicago ( ORD ), Orlando ( SFB) and Tampa ( PIE ).

The Tri-Cities Regional Airport is served by the airlines Allegiant Air , American Eagle and Delta Connection .

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on November 30, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Business with TRI. TRIFlight.com, accessed December 24, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Tri-Cities Regional Airport ( English ) Tri-Cities Regional Airport. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
4. ↑ Airline Information ( English ) Tri-Cities Regional Airport. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
5. ↑ Booking & Flights - Airlines. TRIFlight.com, accessed June 14, 2017 .