Fayette County Airport (Tennessee)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Fayette County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Somerville, Tennessee | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 436 ft / 133 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′28″N 089°23′40″W / 35.20778°N 89.39444°W | ||||||||||
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  KFYE Location of airport in Tennessee  KFYE KFYE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Fayette County Airport (ICAO: KFYE, FAA LID: FYE) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Somerville, in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Fayette County Airport covers an area of 138 acres (56 ha) at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 10,016 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 39 single-engine and 4 multi-engine.[1]