{{Airport frame}} {{Airport title|name=Smyrna Airport}} {{Airport infobox | IATA = MQY | ICAO = KMQY | type = Public | run by = Smyrna / Rutherford County Airport Authority | opened = 1942 | closest town = Smyrna, Tennessee | distance = 2 miles (3 km) N | elevation_ft = 543 | elevation_m = 165.5 | coordinates = {{coor dms|36|00|32.32|N|86|31|12.27|W|type:airport}} }} {{Runway title}} {{Runway | runway_angle = 14/32 | runway_length_f = 8,037 | runway_length_m = 2,450 | runway_width_f = 150 | runway_width_m = 46 | runway_surface = Asphalt }} {{Runway | runway_angle = 1/19 | runway_length_f = 5,546 | runway_length_m = 1,690 | runway_width_f = 100 | runway_width_m = 30 | runway_surface = Asphalt }} {{Helipad title}} {{Runway | runway_angle = H1 | runway_length_f = 40 | runway_length_m = 12 | runway_width_f = 40 | runway_width_m = 12 | runway_surface = Concrete }} {{Airport end frame}} '''Smyrna Airport''' {{Airport codes|MQY|KMQY}} is a public Airport in the town of Smyrna in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. It is the "reliever" airport for Nashville_International_Airport, located twelve nautical miles to the north. Smyrna Airport is the third largest airport in Tennessee and is the state's busiest General_aviation airport. Smyrna Airport currently operates as a joint use training facility with the Tennessee Army_National_Guard helicopter unit, '''Army Aviation Support Facility #1''' (AASF#1) which operates 60 helicopters with 300 full time National Guard personnel. The airport also serves as a C-130 training facility for the '''118th Air Wing''' of the Air_National_Guard from Nashville as well as C-141 training from Memphis Air National Guard. The Tennessee Army National Guard leases part of the airport to maintain the Grubbs/Kyle Training Center and 24 different units, 1,270 assigned National Guard personnel, 162 of which are full time, and numerous aircraft. == History == Smyrna Airport was constructed in 1942 and served as home of the Army_Air_Force Combat Crew School, which trained troops to fly B-24 and B-17 aircraft. It was deactivated with the end of World_War_II, then reactivated in 1948 by the United_States_Air_Force. Renamed Sewart_Air_Force_Base in 1950, it served various Troop Carrier Wings until 1970, when the base was again deactivated. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority assumed control until 1991, when the airport was transferred to the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority. == Facilities == Smyrna Airport covers 1,700 Acres and has two Runways and one Helipad: * Runway 14/32: 8,037 x 150 ft. (2,450 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt * Runway 1/19: 5,546 x 100 ft. (1,690 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt * Helipad H1: 40 x 40 ft. (12 x 12 m), Surface: Concrete == External links == *Smyrna Airport *{{FAA-diagram|00895}} {{US-airport-ga|MQY}} Category:Airports_in_Tennessee {{US-airport-stub}}