KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
Knoxville, TN · 3 miles E of KNOXVILLE, TN
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KDKX
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 833.2 ft
- Coordinates
- 35-57-49.8000N 083-52-25.2000W
- Lat / Long
- 35.9638333, -83.8736667
- Mag. variation
- 05W (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 11/1938
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- NASHVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- BNA (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-2200
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- REIL RWY 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 & TWY LGTS OPR DUSK-DAWN & PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RWY 08 & 26; PAPI RWY 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 - 123.075.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KDKX
Runways
Longest 3499 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3499 x 75 ft. / 1066 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 22.0
Runway 8
- Heading
- 080 magnetic, 075 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.80 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOCALIZER
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 833.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 54 ft. tree, 862 ft. from runway, 156 ft. right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear
Runway 26
- Heading
- 260 magnetic, 255 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.35 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 830.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.075
- Wx Awos-3
- 125.375 (865-579-6151)
- Knoxville Approach
- 123.9
- Knoxville Departure
- 123.9
- Clearance Delivery
- 121.7
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:100LL SELF SERV H24 WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:100LL SELF SERV H24 WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Ownership
- Manager
- ROB VOYLES 2701 SPENCE PLACE KNOXVILLE, TN 37920 Phone 865-342-3181
- Manager phone
- 865-342-3181
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.