Car Rental Knoxville Airport

The main airport which serves Knoxville, Tennessee and its surrounding area in the state's eastern part is officially named Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport after an American Navy pilot who was lost during WWI. This airport which is often called simply Knoxville Airport can be found 16kms south of Knoxville's central business district in the community of Alcoa with car rental in Knoxville Airport.

More than a million and a half passengers travel through the airport's terminal each year. All arrivals are handled by Level 1 while all departures are situated on Level 2, whose design includes many man made waterfalls and bears carved from wood to represent the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, under an hour away with car rentals in Knoxville Airport.

Eight major airlines operate more than 120 flights directly from the airport to 19 major American cities every day, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta, Memphis, New York City, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Miami.

Budget car rental in Knoxville Airport can be obtained from the seven renowned companies of Thrifty, Alamo, Avis, National, Budget, Enterprise, and Hertz at the terminal's ground floor. The airport's other amenities include a small gift shop, a news stand, one full service bank, wireless Internet access, several restaurants, and ATM machines.

Knoxville is Tennessee's third largest city which boasts the greatest amount of restaurants per capita than anywhere else in America. The spectacular Great Smoky Mountains can best be seen from the city from the observation deck of Knoxville's famous Sunsphere, a landmark which has towered over the city since the 1982 World's Fair for which it was originally built. The airport is also a leisurely drive away from the cities of Gatlinburg, Nashville, and Memphis.