Aviation View Magazine | Volume 1, Issue 4

37 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 S ituated in Jackson-Madison County, McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL) finds itself in an ideal location between Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee. The region’s landscape is made up of lush, majestic forests. The area attracts visitors for a multitude of reasons, but the outdoor attractions such as hunting, fishing, and hiking are foremost. McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport’s also has an abundance of passengers that travel in and out for business. The airport has two runways – the first a 6000- foot grooved surface primary runway with a category 1 instrument landing system, the second a 3500-foot secondary runway. The airport also boasts an art-deco inspired terminal and Boutique Airlines flies two flights a day to Atlanta and St. Louis. Also based in the terminal is Hertz Rental Car. There are 76 airports in Tennessee (five commercial)and McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport McKellar-Sip REGIONAL AIRPORT Bouncing back steady and strong

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