Tri-Cities Regional Airport , also known as Tri-Cities Regional Airport, TN/VA, is a public airport located adjacent to Blountville, Tennessee. It primarily serves the Tri-Cities area of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia that includes the following cities: Johnson City; Kingsport; Bristol; Elizabethton; Mountain City; Jonesborough, Erwin; Greeneville, and; the cities of Bristol, Virginia; Abingdon, Virginia, and Boone, North Carolina just across the Virginia and North Carolina state borders from Northeast Tennessee. Several counties within a 60-mile radius in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina are served by the airport.
The airport is governed by the Tri-Cities Airport Commission (TCAC) and owned by the cities of Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol (TN), Bristol (VA) and both Washington County and Sullivan County in Northeast Tennessee.
Facilities
Tri-Cities Regional Airport covers and has two runways:- Runway 5/23: 8,000 x 150 ft. (2,438 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 9/27: 4,447 x 150 ft. (1,355 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Airlines and destinations
- Allegiant Air - Gate 2 (Fort Lauderdale [ends September 5], Orlando-Sanford)
- Delta Air Lines - Gates 3,5 and 7
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Northwest Airlines - Gate 1
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit, Memphis)
- US Airways - Gates 4 and 6
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
External links
- Tri-Cities Regional Airport (official site)
-
Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association
See also
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Last updated on Friday July 18, 2008 at 22:50:11 PDT (GMT -0700)
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