Shelbyville Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use

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located four miles (6 km) north of the

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of Shelbyville, a city in Bedford County,

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. In 2022, Middle Tennessee State University announced it would relocate its aviation training from

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to Shelbyville, investing $62 million in the project.

Facilities and aircraft

Shelbyville Municipal Airport covers an area of and contains one

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paved

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designated 18/36 which measures 5,503 x 100 ft (1,677 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending October 26, 2004, the airport had 38,000 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 98%

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, 2%

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and <1% military. There are 52 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 4%

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and 2% ultralight.

References

External links

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