Rockwood Municipal Airport is a public use airport in Morgan County and

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, Tennessee, United States. It is located three

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s (6 km) north of Rockwood, which owns the airport, and about west of the Harriman, both cities in Roane County. Situated on

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near the southern end of the

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, the airport is convenient to Interstate 40. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which

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it as a '' general aviation'' facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Rockwood Municipal Airport covers an area of 572

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s (231 ha) at an elevation of 1,664 feet (507 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 17,554 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day: 71% general aviation, 25% military, and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single- engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.

Accidents

*On May 29, 1975, a

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operated by ''Colonial Bank'' hit trees near the airport and crashed. Both occupants were killed.

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was found on board.

References

External links

Airport page
at City of Rockwood website
Aerial image as of March 1997
from USGS '' The National Map'' * * {{US-airport-minor, RKW, RKW, KRKW Airports in Tennessee Buildings and structures in Roane County, Tennessee Transportation in Roane County, Tennessee

Facilities and aircraft

Accidents

See also

References

External links