Tennessee | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Tennessee

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Based business air charter operators:
32

Based business aircraft available for charter:
137

Business air charter brokers:
10

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Cessna Citation CJ3	23
2	Citation 560XL	12
3	Challenger 300	10
4	Learjet 60	9
5	Hawker 750/800/900	8
6	Citation X	6
7	Beechjet 400	6
8	Cirrus Vision Jet	6
9	Learjet 45	5
10	Beechcraft King Air 90	5
11	Pilatus PC-12	3
12	Citation 550/551	3
13	Jetstream 31/41	2
14	Citation Sovereign	2
15	Learjet 70/75	2
16	Citation Latitude	2
17	Bombardier CRJ200	2
18	Gulfstream G500/G550	2
19	Beechcraft Twin Piston	2
20	Robinson R66	1
21	Gulfstream GIV	1
22	Embraer Legacy 450	1
23	Gulfstream GV	1
24	Embraer Phenom 100	1
25	Beechcraft King Air 200	1
26	Embraer Phenom 300	1
27	Eclipse 500 series	1
28	HondaJet	1
29	Bell 206L LongRanger	1
30	Citation Mustang	1
31	Piper PA-42	1
32	Cessna 425	1
33	Piper PA-31T	1
34	Falcon 900	1
35	Challenger 800 series	1
36	Embraer ERJ-135	1
37	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	1
38	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
39	Learjet 40	1
40	Bell 407	1
41	Challenger 604	1
42	Eurocopter AS355	1
43	Embraer Legacy 600/650	1
44	Citation 560	1
45	Cessna 300 series	1
46	Bell 206B JetRanger	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Nashville International	18 business aviation companies active
2	Smyrna	14
3	Chattanooga (Lovell Field)	10
4	Nashville (John C Tune)	9
5	Memphis International	8
6	Bristol (Tri-Cities)	7
7	Murfreesboro Municipal	6
8	Gallatin (Music City Executive)	6
9	Knoxville (McGhee Tyson)	6
10	Greeneville (Greene County)	5
11	Sevierville (Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge)	4
12	Knoxville Downtown Island	4
13	Cleveland Regional Jetport	4
14	Tullahoma Regional/Wm Northern Field	3
15	Sparta (Upper Cumberland Regional)	3
16	Jackson Regional	3
17	Memphis (General Dewitt Spain)	3
18	Lewisburg (Ellington)	3
19	Crossville Memorial Whitson Field	3
20	Millington-Memphis	3
21	Piney Flats (Bell Helicopter Heliport)	2
22	Union City (Everett-Stewart Regional)	2
23	Trenton (Gibson County)	2
24	Selmer (Robert Sibley)	2
25	Bomar Field Shelbyville Municipal	2
26	Oneida (Scott Municipal)	2
27	McMinnville (Warren County Memorial)	2
28	Rockwood Municipal	2
29	Lexington-Parsons (Beech River Regional)	2
30	Paris (Henry County)	2
31	Columbia/Mount Pleasant (Maury County)	2
32	Morristown (Moore Murrell)	2
33	Athens (McMinn County)	2
34	Springfield Robertson County	2
35	Halls (Arnold Field)	2
36	Clifton (Hassell Field)	2
37	Covington Municipal	2
38	Dickson Municipal	2
39	Huntingdon (Carroll County)	2
40	Pulaski (Abernathy Field)	2
41	Fayetteville Municipal	2
42	Somerville (Fayette County)	2
43	Dyersburg Regional	2
44	Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional	2
45	Winchester Municipal	2
46	Collegedale Municipal	2
47	Millington (Charles W. Baker)	2
48	Lawrenceburg/ Lawrence County	2
49	Dayton (Mark Anton)	2
50	Portland Municipal	2
51	Camden (Benton County)	2
52	Elizabethton Municipal	2
53	Spencer (Hogue)	1
54	Tennessee (Schiff)	1
55	Hickory Valley (Wings Field)	1
56	Sewanee Franklin County	0
57	Savannah-Hardin County	0
58	Rogersville Hawkins County	0
59	Madisonville Monroe County	0
60	Mc Kinnon Houston County	0
61	Lebanon Municipal	0
62	Humboldt Municipal	0
63	Lexington (Franklin Wilkins)	0
64	Linden Perry County	0
65	Bolivar William L. Whitehurst Field	0
66	Jacksboro Campbell County	0
67	Cleveland Hardwick Field	0
68	Centerville Municipal	0
69	Tullahoma Arnold Air Force Base	0
70	Jasper Marion County Brown Field	0
71	Livingston Municipal	0
72	Mountain City Johnson County	0
73	Lafayette Municipal	0
74	New Tazewell Municipal	0
75	Jamestown Municipal	0
76	Gainesboro Jackson County	0
77	Copperhill Martin Campbell Field	0
78	Chattanooga Dallas Bay Sky Park	0
79	Waverly Humphreys County	0
80	Hohenwald John A Baker Field	0
81	Tiptonville Reelfoot Lake	0
82	Parsons Scott Field	0
83	Johnson City Stolport	0
84	Smithville Municipal	0

Business aviation suppliers in Tennessee

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Hawkins Aztec will deliver tip-top training

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February 2, 2026 Full report

Board additions broaden expertise at GLADA

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January 19, 2026 Full report

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Challenger 3500 is an AB Jets ‘natural extension’

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December 16, 2025 Full report