Franklin County Airport (Tennessee)
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Airport
| name = Franklin County Airport
| image =
| IATA = UOS
| ICAO = KUOS
| FAA = UOS
| type = Public
| owner = Franklin County
| operator =
| city-served =
| location = Sewanee, Tennessee
| elevation-f = 1,953
| elevation-m = 595
| coordinates = {{Coord|35|12|19|N|085|53|53|W|type:airport_region:US-TN_scale:10000|display=inline}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = USA Tennessee#USA
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tennessee
| pushpin_label = UOS
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 7/25
| r1-length-f = 3,700
| r1-length-m = 1,128
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2019
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 1,800
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=UOS|use=PU|own=PU|site=23184.*A}}, effective 2023-10-05
}}
Franklin County Airport {{Airport codes|UOS|KUOS|UOS}} is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Sewanee, a census-designated place in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by Franklin County.
It is a general aviation airport located atop the Cumberland Plateau. The location is commonly referred to as Monteagle Mountain since it is near one of the most notoriously hazardous stretches of Interstate highway in the United States where Interstate 24 crosses the plateau. The ICAO designation "KUOS" resulted from its proximity to the University of the South. Although the airport is named "Franklin County", it is referred to as "Sewanee" over the radio on Unicom 122.8.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
History
Franklin County was the home airport of late aviation legend Bill Kershner. He was one of the world's leading experts on spins and spin recovery and was known as the Spin Doctor in the aviation community.
The airport was designed by architect Edwin A. Keeble.{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Miller, Dr. Cleo, House|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=f42cb778-1679-4108-914b-eafe878a851c|website=National Park Service|access-date=August 23, 2016}}
Facilities and aircraft
Franklin County Airport covers an area of {{convert|70|acre|ha}} which contains one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 3,700 x 50 feet (1,128 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 1,800 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.