Nashville Airport Director Chad Gehrke recognized the City Council’s support and funding of the City’s growing airport as factors contributing to being named the ‘2023 Airport of the Year’ by the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission. Gehrke and Nashville Airport Commission Vice Chair Cannon Loughry presented the award to Mayor Shane McFarland during the March 14, 2024,…
The blimp flying over Middle Tennessee has stirred up quite a few, but hilarious, comments all over social media. Everyone has been asking about the story behind the blimp and Justin and Jake from Hollinghead Aviation at the Smyrna Airport were nice enough to fill us in about it.
The Nashville City Council gave approval Thurs., Sept. 21, 2023, for the Municipal Airport to submit application to participate in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Federal Contract Tower Program. If approved by the FAA, an air traffic control tower could be operational in three to five years. As Nashville grows, maintenance and improvement of the…
The Town of Smyrna is pleased to support the Great Tennessee Air Show. A comprehensive list of closures is listed below. Please follow the Smyrna Police Department’s Facebook (@smyrnatnpolicedepartment) account for up-to-date traffic information throughout the weekend. Road Closures: June 8 – 11, 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Expect traffic delays in the Smyrna area…
The Nashville Municipal Airport is proud to announce participation in the Discovery Center’s Sixth annual TN STEAM Festival, Oct. 14-23, 2022. Nashville Airport is hosting an Airport STEAM Festival event Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. The Airport invites the public to engage STEAM from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to learn about what the Nashville Airport does for…
The Nashville City Council Thursday (Oct. 1) approved a Design-Build contract with Morgan Construction for replacement of Hangar 1. Construction on the 19,000 square-foot modern facility is scheduled to begin in early November with anticipated completion in summer 2021. “We are in the process of building our Airport into one of the top facilities in…
The City of Nashville Municipal Airport has been awarded a 2020 Aeronautics Economic Development Fund grant of $1 million, the maximum grant approved from the Aeronautics Division of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The announcement came in a Jan. 10, letter from Michelle Frazier, director of Aeronautics. “The development strategy for this fund is to…