Franklin County Airport (Tennessee)

Infobox Airport
name = Franklin County Airport


IATA = UOS
ICAO = KUOS
FAA = UOS
type = Public
owner = Franklin County
operator =
city-served =
location = Sewanee, Tennessee
elevation-f = 1,953
elevation-m = 595
coordinates = coord|35|12|19|N|085|53|53|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 6/24
r1-length-f = 3,700
r1-length-m = 1,128
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 1999
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 3,500
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=UOS|use=PU|own=PU|site=23184.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Franklin County Airport Airport codes|UOS|KUOS|UOS is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Sewanee, a town in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by Franklin County.

It is a general aviation airport located atop the Cumberland Plateau. The location is commonly referred to as Monteagle Mountain since it is near one of the most notoriously hazardous stretches of Interstate highway in the United States where Interstate 24 crosses the plateau. The ICAO designation "KUOS" resulted from its proximity to the University of the South. It should be noted that although the airport is named "Franklin County", it is referred to as "Sewanee" over the radio on Unicom 122.8.

History

Franklin County was the home airport of late aviation legend Bill Kershner. He was one of the world's leading experts on spins and spin recovery and was known as the Spin Doctor in the aviation community.

Facilities and aircraft

Franklin County Airport covers an area of 70 acres (28 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (6/24) measuring 3,700 x 50 ft (1,128 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending November 29, 1999, the airport had 3,500 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.

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*WikiMapia|35.2051|-85.8981|14|Franklin County Airport
*US-airport-ga|UOS