KTYS — Mc Ghee Tyson
Knoxville, TN · field elevation 986 ft · Class C airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KTYS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
SPECI KTYS 100117Z 00000KT 10SM FEW002 12/06 A3015 RMK AO2 T01170056
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 12 °C / dewpoint 6 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- 542 ft · pressure altitude 756 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KTYS 092333Z 1000/1024 00000KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.81109, -83.99407
- Elevation
- 986 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class C
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter.
Established means they answered you by callsign. “Aircraft calling, stand by” is not established and you stay out; “Cessna 12345, stand by” is, and you may enter. Mode C is required within the lateral limits and above them to 10,000 ft MSL. VFR traffic gets sequencing and traffic advisories, not separation.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1207Z / 2232Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 6°W (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A++
- Sectional
- Atlanta
- County
- Blount, TN
Airport diagram
Everything else KTYS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05R/23L | 9,000 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.35
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 121.2
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.65
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach 051-229
- 118.0
- Approach 230-050
- 123.9
- Approach
- 125.525
Published procedures
- 11 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island11 nm
- KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge23 nm
- KMNV Monroe County25 nm
- KJAU Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield32 nm
- KRKW Rockwood Muni35 nm
- KMMI Mcminn County37 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KTYS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Tennessee airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.