McGhee Tyson (TYS) Airport Car Service

TYS (McGhee Tyson Airport, named for World War I aviator Lt. Charles McGhee Tyson) sits in Alcoa about 12 miles south of downtown Knoxville in Blount County, Tennessee, accessible via US 129 and Alcoa Highway. The airport is owned and operated by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority and shares the airfield with the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard, which flies the KC 135R Stratotanker. Delta, American, Southwest, United, Allegiant, Avelo, Frontier, and Sun Country provide scheduled commercial service. Our chauffeurs stage at the commercial vehicle lane outside the terminal.

TYS to downtown Knoxville and the University of Tennessee main campus runs about 20 to 25 minutes via Alcoa Highway northbound. We handle daily transfers to area hotels including the Tennessean Hotel Knoxville Personal Luxury Hotel, the Marriott Knoxville Downtown, the Hyatt Place Knoxville Downtown, and the Embassy Suites by Hilton Knoxville Downtown.

Yes. The University of Tennessee and Neyland Stadium (home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, one of the largest college football stadiums in the country at over 101,000 capacity, famous for the Vol Navy boat tailgating along the Tennessee River) run about 20 to 25 minutes from TYS. We handle parent weekend transfers, Vols home football game weekend transport, Thompson Boling Arena basketball pickups, graduation week, and visiting SEC team logistics.

Yes. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (the major Department of Energy science and technology lab, the largest DOE science and energy laboratory by funding) and the Y 12 National Security Complex (the major DOE National Nuclear Security Administration facility producing nuclear weapon components and uranium processing) both sit about 40 to 50 minutes from TYS via Pellissippi Parkway northwestbound. We hold standing accounts with ORNL visitor delegations, Y 12 cleared contractor transport, and the broader DOE Oak Ridge corporate base.

Yes. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (the most visited national park in the United States by annual visitation, drawing more than 13 million visitors per year, with the main entrance at Sugarlands Visitor Center in Gatlinburg) runs about 45 to 60 minutes from TYS via US 129 and US 441 southbound. We handle daily park visitor transfers, Cades Cove loop drive group transport, and Newfound Gap scenic crossing logistics.

Yes. Pigeon Forge (home of Dollywood and the entertainment strip along the Parkway) and Gatlinburg (the gateway town to Great Smoky Mountains National Park) both run about 45 to 60 minutes from TYS via US 129 and US 441 southbound. We handle daily resort transfers to the major Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg hotels including the Inn at Christmas Place, the Margaritaville Resort Gatlinburg, and the Park Vista Doubletree Gatlinburg.

Yes. Dollywood (the Dolly Parton themed amusement park in Pigeon Forge, regularly ranked among the top theme parks in the world, with the legendary Lightning Rod and Big Bear Mountain coasters plus the Dollywood Splash Country water park) runs about 50 to 60 minutes from TYS via US 441 southbound. We handle daily family theme park transfers, Dollywood DreamMore Resort logistics, and Dolly Parton Stampede dinner show pickups.

Yes. The University of Tennessee Medical Center (the major academic medical center in Knoxville) and Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (the flagship of the Covenant Health system) both sit about 20 to 25 minutes from TYS via Alcoa Highway. We handle patient transfers, visiting physician transport, family member airport pickups for extended hospital stays, and corporate transfers for both health systems.

Tennessee Volunteers home football game weekends (typically six to seven Saturdays each fall, September through November) generate the heaviest weekend demand of our Knoxville year. Big game weekends including Alabama, Georgia, and Florida fill the entire Knoxville hotel and ground fleet inventory months ahead. We require eight to twelve weeks of lead time for Vols home football SUV and Sprinter bookings, with longer for the Third Saturday in October Alabama rivalry game.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye arrivals, 4 am 134th Air Refueling Wing early formation transfers, ORNL early shift cleared contractor pickups, and late night Tennessee football game day tailgate pickups during Vols home weekends. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.