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McMinn County Airport (KMMI) is a county-owned public-use field southeast of Athens, Tennessee, offering a single long asphalt runway with good lighting for a general aviation strip of its size. It serves as a modest but well-appointed gateway airport for the county, with a fixed-base operator, fuel and hangar facilities supporting local training and visiting traffic.
McMinn County Airport is a county-owned, public-use aerodrome serving Athens, the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee. It is a general aviation field with no scheduled airline service, used primarily by single and multi-engine light aircraft, with a small number of jets and helicopters based there. The airport has historically served as a point of arrival for visiting business and civic figures into McMinn County, and its long runway and modern facilities make it a useful and approachable destination for the simulator pilot exploring general aviation airports in eastern Tennessee.
The airport lies about three nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Athens, Tennessee, in McMinn County. It sits within the area covered by Knoxville Approach/Departure, and is included under the Nashville Flight Service Station for NOTAM and flight planning purposes; NOTAMs for the field are filed with Nashville International Airport. There is no ILS approach at the field.
McMinn County Airport has a single physical runway, 02/20, oriented northeast-southwest. Runway 20 is 6,451 feet long and runway 02 is 5,493 feet long; both are hard-surfaced (asphalt) and lit. Field elevation is 840 feet.
Pilots should contact Knoxville Approach/Departure on 123.9 MHz for arrival and departure services. Weather information is available from the automated weather observing system (AWOS-3) on 125.425 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency and unicom is 122.8 MHz.
No specific published circuit heights, joining procedures or noise abatement restrictions are available for this field beyond the standard use of the CTAF/unicom frequency of 122.8 MHz for self-announcing and coordinating traffic in the absence of a control tower.
McMinn County Airport has long served as a gateway into the county for visiting dignitaries, politicians, corporate executives and manufacturing company employees, with the airport often being the only part of the county such visitors see. A series of improvements over the years, including a new terminal, apron, parallel taxiway, a lengthened runway, an upgraded fuel system and the addition of t-hangars, led to the airport being recognised as the most improved airport in Tennessee.
The airport is attended from 0830 until dusk and offers both 100LL and Jet A fuel. The fixed-base operator, Athens Air LLC, supports based and visiting aircraft, and the field has 39 based aircraft, comprising 35 single-engine types, two multi-engine aircraft, one jet and one helicopter. Traffic levels average around 62 operations a day, the large majority general aviation. Runway lighting is of medium intensity, with REIL fitted to runway 02 and VASI guidance on both runway ends.