Collegedale Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of the Collegedale, a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
History
Begun as a flying club in 1965 by pilot and mechanic John Linn and Ellsworth McKee—son of the founders of the McKee Foods Corporation, the Collegedale Airport was originally a grass strip on a farm. It was purchased by pilot-entrepreneur Aubrey Kinzer in 1969 and turned into a commercial venture with a flight school, rental aircraft, and aircraft maintenance. In 1972, the City of Collegedale obtained the property, and over the years the asphalt paved runway has been extended to from its nominal length and widened to with a parallel taxiway. In 1995, the airport was rededicated and renamed Linn Field in honor of John Linn. Renovations and additions to the terminal, lobby, and Fixed-Base Operations (FBO) office were completed in 2003.
Facilities and aircraft
Collegedale Municipal Airport covers an area of 145 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring .
- CHA – Lovell Field W
- HDI – Hardwick Field NE
- DNN – Dalton Municipal Airport S
- 9A5 – Barwick-LaFayette Airport SW
- 2A0 – Mark Anton Airport N
See also
- List of airports in Tennessee