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Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI), located in Blountville, TN serves the tri-city area of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City, TN, as well as the southeastern United States including portions of Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Western North Carolina.
Tri-Cities Regional Airport. Tri-Cities Regional Airport is 13 miles from Kingsport, Tennessee. It is the closest commercial airport to Kingsport. The airport services Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City and surrounding cities. It offers non-stop service to six major cities-Orlando, Tampa, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and Charlotte.