Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport | |
Iata: | GKT |
Icao: | KGKT |
Faa: | GKT |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Sevier County |
Location: | Sevierville, Tennessee |
Elevation-F: | 1,014 |
Elevation-M: | 309 |
Coordinates: | 35.8578°N -83.5286°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Tennessee#USA |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Tennessee |
Pushpin Label: | GKT |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 10/28 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,506 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,678 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 8/2/2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 115,178 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 77 |
Footnotes: | Sources: Tennessee DOT,[1] FAA[2] |
Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport is a county-owned public-use municipal airport in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. The airport is well north of the cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, but only two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Sevierville, and within its city limits.
Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport covers an area of 210acres at an elevation of 1,014 feet (309 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,506 by 75 feet (1,678 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 2, 2022, the airport had 115,178 aircraft operations, an average of 315 per day: 96% general aviation, 5% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 77 aircraft based at this airport: 56 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 6 jet and 7 helicopter.
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation is located at the airport.