Arrivals
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TYS
Airport information
McGhee Tyson Airport
Knoxville, United StatesIATA: TYSICAO: KTYS
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
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The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
2 runways · Longest runway: 10,000 ft
- 05L/23Rin use now10,000 ft · heading 45/225 degrees
- 05R/23L9,000 ft · heading 45/225 degrees
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
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Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
ATLUnited States
Atlanta
- Distance
- 152 mi
- Estimated duration
- 32m
- Airlines
American Airlines · Delta Air Lines · +10
American Airlines · Delta Air Lines · Endeavor Air · Etihad Airways · FedEx · Flycolumbia · Frontier Airlines · Mesa Airlines · PSA Airlines · Southwest Airlines · United Airlines · UPS Airlines
CLTUnited States
Charlotte
- Distance
- 176 mi
- Estimated duration
- 35m
- Airlines
Allegiant Air · American Airlines · +7
Allegiant Air · American Airlines · Contour Airlines · DC Aviation · Envoy Air · Flycolumbia · Piedmont Airlines · PSA Airlines · SkyWest Airlines
ORDUnited States
Chicago
- Distance
- 475 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 20m
- Airlines
Envoy Air · Fumigación Aérea Andaluza · +5
Envoy Air · Fumigación Aérea Andaluza · GoJet Airlines LLC · PSA Airlines · Republic Airways · SkyWest Airlines · United Airlines
DFWUnited States
Dallas-Fort Worth
- Distance
- 770 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 53m
- Airlines
American Airlines · Cargo Plus Aviation · +5
American Airlines · Cargo Plus Aviation · Envoy Air · Nationwide Airlines · PSA Airlines · SkyWest Airlines · Southwest Airlines
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- AshevilleAsheville Regional AirportAVL86 mi41 destinations
- ChattanoogaChattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)CHA87 mi41 destinations
- BristolTri-Cities Regional TN/VA AirportTRI100 mi11 destinations
- GreenvilleGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportGSP118 mi49 destinations
- AtlantaDeKalb Peachtree AirportPDK135 mi18 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- McGhee Tyson Airport
- City and country
- Knoxville, United States
- IATA / ICAO
- TYS / KTYS
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Category
- Regional airport
TYS Airport Flight Status: McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville
TYS Airport, formally McGhee Tyson Airport, serves Knoxville and Maryville in the United States and is listed under the IATA code TYS and the ICAO code KTYS. It is a quiet field in our own 30-day reception measurement. The live radar on this page shows the aircraft arriving at and departing from TYS right now, with the arrivals and departures pages linked above it for the status of each flight; the sections below add context to that live picture, from what our own measurement recorded over 30 days to the nearest alternative airports.
Location, codes and coverage
McGhee Tyson Airport is positioned at 35.811 north, 83.994 west in our database. TYS is the three-letter code you see on tickets and booking confirmations for Knoxville; KTYS is the four-letter code used in aviation datasets, including ours, and both refer to the same field. If you are meeting someone or catching a flight out of Knoxville, the arrivals and departures pages linked above the radar are the place to look. TYS is also part of our nationwide coverage: for every field we track across the country, start at our airport overview.
What our 30-day measurement shows at TYS
Over 30 days, our own reception measurement recorded an average of 1.0 aircraft observations per day near McGhee Tyson Airport, which places the field in our quiet category. In our source data the field is classified as a large airport, so the modest count says more about measured activity than about the size of the field. A quiet field also means the picture can shift: at one observation per day, a single extra observation moves the average more than it ever would at a busy hub. One note on reading the number: it is our own reception measurement, so treat it as our observed traffic level. Our data for Knoxville lists no busiest window and no airlines with a measured count; the daily average is the figure it does give.
Airports near Knoxville and Maryville
If a flight is disrupted, or nothing on the departures page fits your plans, three other airports ring the region at roughly the same distance. The closest is Asheville Regional Airport, 138 km from TYS. Almost as close, at 139 km, lies Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, also known as Lovell Field. The third option is Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, at 160 km. That spread of 138 to 160 km means no single alternative is dramatically closer than the rest; which one fits depends on the direction you are already heading, not on the distance. All three have their own page on this site, so you can compare the alternatives before committing to the longer trip.