Morristown Regional Airport
{{Short description|Public airport serving Morristown, Tennessee}}
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{{Infobox Airport
| name = Morristown Regional Airport
| image = Morristown Regional Airport 1.jpg
| caption = The Evelyn Bryan Johnson Terminal at Morristown Regional Airport
| IATA = MOR
| ICAO = KMOR
| FAA = MOR
| type = Public
| owner = City of Morristown
| operator =
| city-served = Morristown, Tennessee
| location =
| elevation-f = 1,313
| elevation-m = 400
| coordinates =
{{coord|36|10|42|N|83|22|38|W|region:US-TN_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.mymorristown.com/departments/airport/index.php|www.mymorristown.com}}
| pushpin_map = USA Tennessee#USA
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tennessee
| pushpin_label = MOR
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 5,717
| r1-length-m = 1,743
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2018
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 49,500
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 33
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=MOR|use=PU|own=PU|site=23109.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
}}
Morristown Regional Airport {{airport codes|MOR|KMOR|MOR}} (formerly called Moore–Murrell Airport) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Morristown, a city in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. It was opened in 1953.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2009 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part5.pdf Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606181720/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part5.pdf |date=2011-06-06 }}. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
History
Image:moore-murrell_airport_new_terminal.JPG
An office structure was constructed in 1953 along with a grass strip and maintenance hangar. In 1958, the first paved runway was completed. In 1968, the first professional terminal was dedicated. {{cite web|title=Morristown Regional Airport|url=http://www.mymorristown.com/departments/airport/index.php|website=MyMorristown.com|access-date=January 11, 2019}} The original airport terminal was demolished on April 28, 2009. A new, more modern terminal opened in 2010 and was named Eyelyn Bryan Johnson Terminal for its longtime manager, Evelyn Bryan Johnson.
Southern Airways served the airport in the early 1960s with flights to/from Knoxville and Tri-City airports.Southern Airways timetable 7/1/1963
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A marker dedicating the field to Rev. Melville M. Murrell, who patented "The American Flying Machine" in 1877. Murrell was born within sight of the city's new airport.{{Cite web |last=Claborn |first=Jim |date=2025-03-23 |title=Back When - 'The Flying Williams Family' |url=https://www.citizentribune.com/news/history/back-when---the-flying-williams-family/article_6962793a-b5a9-11ed-9520-8b97a52fd64d.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Citizen Tribune |language=en}}
Facilities and aircraft
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Morristown Regional Airport covers an area of {{convert|160|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of 1,313 feet (400 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,717 by 100 feet (1,743 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending October 22, 2009, the airport had 46,000 aircraft operations, an average of 126 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 67.5% single-engine, 25% multi-engine, 5% jet and 2.5% helicopter.
For the 12-month period ending May 25, 2018, the airport had 49,500 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 60.6% single-engine, 21.2% multi-engine, 12.1% jet, 3% helicopter, and 3% ultralight.
Also on site is Tennessee College of Applied Technology's Aviation Maintenance campus, occupying the terminal building and adjacent hangar.
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See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130713085551/http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/aeronautics/airports/MORRISTOWN_51.htm Moore–Murrell Airport (MOR)] at Tennessee DOT Airport Directory
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=36.1794&lon=-83.3754&w=850&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 7 March 1997] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|MOR}}
- {{US-airport-minor|MOR|MOR}}
Category:Airports in Tennessee
Category:Buildings and structures in Hamblen County, Tennessee
Category:Morristown, Tennessee
Category:Airports established in 1953