Tri-Cities Regional Airport
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Tri-Cities Airport (IATA: TRI, ICAO: KTRI, FAA LID: TRI) (also known as Tri-Cities Airport, TN/VA), is in Blountville, Tennessee, United States. It serves the Tri-Cities area (Johnson City, Tennessee; Kingsport, Tennessee; Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia) of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The airport is governed by the Tri-Cities Airport Authority (TCAA) whose members are appointed by the cities of Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol (TN), Bristol (VA) and both Washington and Sullivan counties in Tennessee.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Tri-Cities Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia (Johnson City, Tennessee; Kingsport, Tennessee; Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia) | ||||||||||||||
Location | Blountville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,519 ft / 463 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°28′31″N 082°24′27″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.flytri.com | ||||||||||||||
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Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 202,730 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 217,783 in 2009 and 202,114 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]