The department is directed to implement a directional signing program on the state‘s section of the national system of interstate and defense highways denoting airports located not more than ten (10) miles from the highway as follows:

(1) All such airports providing service to five thousand (5,000) commercial passengers per day if the airport is located in a county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-5-710

  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) All such airports providing service to three thousand (3,000) commercial passengers per day if the airport is located in a county having a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and
(3) All such airports that are regional airports:

(A) Having at least a six thousand foot (6,000′) runway with at least two thousand three hundred feet (2,300′) of approach lead in strobe lights;
(B) Having at least fifty-eight (58) hangars;
(C) Complying with all federal design/safety standards;
(D) Having an instrument landing system with distance measuring equipment (ILS/DME);
(E) Serving as the prime staging area for regional disaster preparedness and relief; and
(F) Providing full-time trauma hospital flight access service.
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