Tyler Pounds Regional (TYR) Airport Car Service

TYR (Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, named for Tyler aviation pioneer Mayor Doll Pounds) sits about 4 miles southwest of downtown Tyler in Smith County, Texas, accessible via SR 64 and Spur 248. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Tyler. American Eagle provides scheduled commercial service to Dallas Fort Worth. TYR serves as the primary commercial gateway for Tyler, the broader East Texas corridor, and the East Texas oil and gas industry corporate base. Our chauffeurs stage at the commercial vehicle lane outside the terminal.

TYR to downtown Tyler runs about 10 to 15 minutes via SR 64 eastbound, and TYR to the University of Texas at Tyler main campus (home of the UT Tyler Patriots NCAA Division II athletic program) runs about 15 to 20 minutes. We handle daily transfers to area hotels including the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Tyler North and the Hilton Garden Inn Tyler.

Yes. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden (the largest municipal rose garden in the United States with more than 38,000 rose bushes across 14 acres, anchoring Tyler's identity as the Rose Capital of America) runs about 10 to 15 minutes from TYR via Front Street. We handle daily Tyler Rose Garden visitor transfers, Texas Rose Festival weekend logistics, and the broader downtown Tyler historic district pickup logistics.

Yes. East Texas hosts a deep oil and gas corporate base anchored by the legendary East Texas Oil Field (the largest US oil field by area at its 1930s peak, with ongoing legacy production operations across the broader East Texas corridor), plus the modern Haynesville Shale natural gas operations extending into northeastern Texas. We hold standing accounts with East Texas oil and gas executive teams plus the broader Tyler corporate base.

Yes. The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler, home of the UT Tyler Patriots NCAA Division II athletic program in the Lone Star Conference) hosts parent weekend, Family Weekend, athletic event, and graduation week travel demand through TYR. We handle parent weekend SUV and Sprinter transfers, Patriots athletic event transport, and graduation week pickups.

Yes. UT Health East Texas (formerly East Texas Medical Center, rebranded under the University of Texas Health System) runs about 10 to 15 minutes from TYR via SR 64 eastbound. We handle patient transfers, visiting physician transport, family member airport pickups for extended hospital stays, and corporate transfers for the broader UT Health East Texas network.

Yes. The Caldwell Auditorium and the Rose Garden Center (the major downtown Tyler event venues hosting Texas Rose Festival activities, the Tyler Rose Show, and major corporate events) both sit about 10 to 15 minutes from TYR. We handle daily corporate event transfers and the broader downtown Tyler entertainment district logistics.

Yes. East Texas hosts a deep corporate base anchored by the East Texas Oil Field legacy production operations, the broader Haynesville Shale natural gas corridor, UT Health East Texas, Tyler Junior College, and dozens of regional manufacturers and oil and gas service companies. We hold standing accounts with several East Texas corporate flight departments.

The Texas Rose Festival (the legendary annual October Tyler festival celebrating Tyler's Rose Capital of America heritage, drawing tens of thousands of visitors for the Rose Festival Parade, the Rose Queen Coronation, and the Rose Festival Court activities) generates the heaviest event tourism demand of our Tyler year. We recommend four to six weeks of lead time for Rose Festival week SUV and Sprinter bookings, since Tyler lodging fills three to four months ahead during festival week.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye American Eagle arrivals, 4 am East Texas oil and gas operations early shift corporate transfers, and late night Texas Rose Festival weekend pickup logistics during the October festival week. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.