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]

Fayette County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFYE FAA LID: FYE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Fayette County
Serves	Somerville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL	436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates	35°12′28″N 089°23′40″W
Map
KFYE Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 10,166 Based aircraft 40
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

Facilities and aircraft

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 August 4, 2007, the airport had 10,166 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

References

External links

• Airport page at Fayette County website
• Aerial photo as of 12 March 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FYE, effective August 11, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FYE
  • AirNav airport information for FYE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for FYE