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McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport (IATA: MKL[2], ICAO: KMKL, FAA LID: MKL) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Jackson, a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It is owned by the city and county.[1] The airport is mostly used for general aviation, and is served by one commercial airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport
USGS 1997 orthophoto
  • IATA: MKL
  • ICAO: KMKL
  • FAA LID: MKL
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Jackson & Madison County
ServesJackson, Tennessee
LocationMadison County
Elevation AMSL434 ft / 132 m
Coordinates35°35′59″N 88°54′56″W
WebsiteMcKellarSipes.com
Map
MKL
Location of airport in Tennessee
MKL
MKL (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 6,005 1,831 Asphalt
11/29 3,539 1,078 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018)16,220
Based aircraft (2022)59
Departing passengers (12 months ending July 2020)3,720
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.[3]


Facilities and aircraft


McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport covers an area of 807 acres (327 ha) at an elevation of 434 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 is 6,005 by 150 feet (1,831 x 46 m) and 11/29 is 3,539 by 100 feet (1,078 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 30, 2018, the airport had 16,220 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 81% general aviation, 10% air taxi and 9% military. In March 2022, there were 59 aircraft based at this airport: 31 single-engine, 11 multi-engine, 6 jet, 3 helicopter and 8 military.[1]


History


The airport was established by and originally named in memory of Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869–1957), a longtime U.S. senator from Tennessee. He helped to convince the Civil Works Administration to acquire the property and construct the initial runways and buildings during the winter of 1933–1934. Later in the 1930s, the Works Project Administration (WPA) expanded the airport and constructed additional buildings and other facilities.[4]


McKellar Field


McKellar Field – Class 44D student officers
McKellar Field – Class 44D student officers
PT-17 Stearman primary training aircraft
PT-17 Stearman primary training aircraft

In preparation for the eventual U.S. entry into World War II, the United States Army Air Corps sought to expand the nation's combat air forces by asking civilian flight schools to provide the primary phase of training for air cadets. Consequently, it contracted with civilian flying schools to provide primary flying training, with the graduates being moved on to basic and advanced training at regular military training airfields.[5]

In April 1942 the airport was leased by the United States Army Air Forces and became a wartime flight training school. McKellar Field was assigned to the Southeast Training Center (later the Eastern Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. It was under the command of the 68th Flying Training Detachment, 29th Flying Training Wing. The airfield began training flying cadets under contract to Georgia Air Services, Inc. Flying training was performed with PT-17 Stearman biplanes as the primary trainer. It also had several Fairchild PT-19, Ryan PT-22 Recruits and PT-27 Kaydets assigned.

The physical facilities of McKellar Field included administrative buildings and quarters for officers and enlisted men, encircling a central location. A consolidated mess hall, which accommodated 1,000 enlisted men and a limited number of' officers, was located nearby. Adjacent to the mess hall was a Post Exchange, a Service Club and a dance floor.

The facility was inactivated on October 16, 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. Eventually it was discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.


McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport


After the war, the airport reverted to the control of the city and county, and was expanded over the years with new facilities to accommodate the needs of Jackson and Madison County. Nearly all of the wartime buildings erected at the airport were torn down or moved, although four of the wartime hangars remain in use at the airport. A few of the streets from McKellar Field remain visible in aerial photography but other than some isolated concrete remaining, the station area has been totally removed.

A military presence remains at the airport, with the Tennessee Army National Guard's 1/230th Air Cavalry Squadron having an extensive support facility at the airport, equipped with UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

In the 1970s, the airport name was changed to McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport to honor Major Robert Ray "Buster" Sipes, a United States Air Force test pilot from Jackson, who was killed in 1969 when his RF-101 Voodoo jet fighter crashed after takeoff from RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. A plaque is located in the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul at Steeple Aston to honor his memory. Sipes is buried at the Shiloh National Military Park cemetery.


Airline and destinations


The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Southern Airways Express Atlanta
Seasonal: Memphis

Historical airline service


SeaPort Airlines began its services to Memphis and Nashville on January 22, 2012. In September 2016, however, liquidation of SeaPort Airlines took place subsequent to its bankruptcy. Air Choice One took over in June 2016 with flights to St. Louis and, later, to Atlanta.


Statistics


Top domestic destinations (August 2019 – July 2020)[6]
Rank Airport name Passengers Airline
1 St. Louis Lambert (STL) 2,440 Air Choice One
2 Atlanta (ATL) 1,280 Air Choice One
Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA[7]
Year 2009 [8] 2010 [9] 2011 [10] 2012 [11] 2013[12] 2014[13] 2015[14] 2016[15] 2017[16] 2018[17] 2019[18]
Enplanements 1,502 2,545 484 2,037 2,775 1,656 1,800 3,661 4,007 5,706 5,791
Change 01,020.9% 069.4% 081.0% 0320.9% 036.2% 040.3% 08.7% 0103.4% 09.5% 042.0% 01.5%
Airline Pacific Wings dba TennesseeSkies Pacific Wings dba TennesseeSkies Pacific Wings dba TennesseeSkies SeaPort Airlines SeaPort Airlines SeaPort Airlines SeaPort Airlines Air Choice One Air Choice One Air Choice One Air Choice One
Destination(s) Nashville Nashville Nashville Memphis
Nashville		 Memphis
Nashville		 Memphis
Nashville		 Memphis
Nashville		 St. Louis St. Louis Atlanta
St. Louis		 Atlanta
St. Louis

See also



References


  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for MKL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective March 24, 2022.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (MKL: Jackson / McKellar)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  4. Carroll Van West (2001), Tennessee's New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. University of Tennessee Press, ISBN 1572331089
  5. Cameron, Rebecca Hancock, 1999, Training to Fly. Military Flight Training 1907-1945, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
  6. "Jackson, TN: McKellar–Sipes Regional (MKL)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. February 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  7. "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports – Airports". www.faa.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. "2009 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 891 KB). CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. November 23, 2010.
  9. "2010 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  10. "2011 Enplanements at Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF). CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 9, 2012.
  11. "2012 Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport" (PDF). CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 31, 2013.
  12. "All Airports with CY 2013 Enplanements" (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Calendar Year 2014 Enplanements by State" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Calendar Year 2015 Enplanements by State" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "Calendar Year 2019 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). Retrieved November 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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