Knoxville Downtown Island Airport

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport

Knoxville Downtown Island Home Airport
Aircraft and hangar at the airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKnoxville Metropolitan Airport Authority
ServesKnoxville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates35°57′50″N 083°52′25″W / 35.96389°N 83.87361°W / 35.96389; -83.87361
Websitewww.dkxairport.com
Map
KDKX/DKX
Location of airport in Tennessee
KDKX/DKX
KDKX/DKX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,499 1,066 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/28/2022)76,700
Based aircraft129

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport or Knoxville Downtown Island Home Airport (ICAO: KDKX, FAA LID: DKX), often referred to as Island Home Airport, is a general aviation airport located approximately one-half mile east of downtown Knoxville, in Knox County, Tennessee, United States.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Knoxville Downtown Island Airport is assigned DKX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.