Airports for Your Fly-In to Chattanooga

These airports around Chattanooga, Tennessee, make good choices for your city-based adventure.

Saturday, September 03, 2022 at 08:04 AM ET

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There are a couple of great airport options for your trip to Chattanooga. If you're flying an amphib, there's also the Tennessee River. [Photo: Adobe Stock]

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The article describes two airports serving the Chattanooga area: Lovell Field Airport (KCHA), a larger, towered facility within Chattanooga, and Marion County Airport-Brown Field (KAPT), a smaller, nontowered option 18 miles west in Jasper, Tennessee.
Lovell Field (KCHA) has two runways, offers various IFR approaches and fuel, and is notable for its sustainability, generating approximately 90% of its electricity from a solar farm.
Marion County Airport-Brown Field (KAPT) features a single, "most level runway in the state of Tennessee," and pilots should be aware of ultralight activity, trees, and an active skydiving school in the vicinity.

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If your travels take you to Chattanooga, you will probably be stopping at either Lovell Field Airport (KCHA), in Chattanooga proper, or Marion County Airport-Brown Field (KAPT), located in Jasper, Tennessee.

Lovell Field Airport (KCHA), Chattanooga, Tennessee

Lovell Field is the larger of the two airports in the area, and it’s located 5 miles east of the city. The airport has been around since the golden age of aviation—Charles Lindbergh landed here when he flew one of the early airmail routes.