Airports / Tennessee / UOS
Franklin County Airport
KUOS / UOSSewanee, TennesseeELEV 1,953 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
36 nm
To the nearest alternate
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Franklin County Airport (KUOS / UOS) is a general aviation field serving Sewanee, Tennessee. The airport sits 1,953 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into UOS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA, 36 nm), Redstone Army Air Field (HUA, 50 nm), and Huntsville International Airport (HSV, 55 nm).
Charter pricing from UOS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Sewanee International. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Sewanee.
Field capability
ICAO
KUOS
IATA
UOS
FAA / Local
UOS
Elevation
1,953 ft
Coordinates
35.2048° N · 85.8991° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs TN fields
state range 320–1,953 ft
At 1,953 ft, UOS sits higher than 96% of the 26 Tennessee fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 36nmCHAChattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)Chattanooga
- 50nmHUARedstone Army Air FieldRedstone Arsnl Huntsville
- 55nmHSVHuntsville International AirportHuntsville
- 57nmMQYSmyrna AirportSmyrna
- 60nmCSVCrossville Memorial Airport Whitson FieldCrossville
- 63nmRMGRichard B Russell AirportRome
Location
Open the full mapKUOS · Franklin County Airport · Sewanee, TN
From the ramp
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