The City operates and manages the Airport under the direction of the Airport Commission, which is a seven-member board. The Airport Commission serves as an advisory board to the Mayor and City Council. Six Airport Commission members have knowledge or experience in aviation and one lives within a 5,000 foot radius from the runway and represents the airport neighborhood. Two ex-officios, one a representative of Middle Tennessee State University and the second the City Manager, are non-voting members of the Airport Commission.

The Airport is staffed by a full-time Airport Manager and part-time employees. The Airport Manager’s responsibilities are to maintain the standards established by the Federal Aviation Administration and Tennessee Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics, administer the minimum standards and policies set by the Airport Commission and adopted by the City Council, oversee the projects and improvements at the airport, report to the Airport Commission, report to City Council, and work with all of the tenants, businesses, and the University at the airport to maintain safe operations.

The airport staff’s main responsibility is to maintain a safe airport and see to it that everyone using the airport is operating in a safe manner according to the rules and regulations required by the Federal Aviation Administration. This includes maintenance of approximately 200 acres of land, office facilities, 3 large hangars, the T-hanger complex (106 units). The responsibilities also include fueling aircraft, operation of the UNICOM radio, towing aircraft, maintaining the rules and minimum standards at the airport, collecting fees and rents, and serving as greeters to visitors of the City of Murfreesboro.

The Airport staff also maintains the Grace Heliport which is a hospital heliport. The Grace Heliport facility allows Middle Tennessee Medical Center the ability to utilize helicopters to transport critical patients to the many hospital facilities in Nashville. The Grace Heliport is maintained with funds from the City of Murfreesboro annual budget.

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Welcome!

from Chad Gehrke, Airport Manager

The Murfreesboro Airport, located on Memorial Boulevard, is a general aviation airport serving Middle Tennessee. A self sufficient department of the City of Murfreesboro, the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport is committed to safety and the improvement of its facilities to continue to better serve its Commercial Operators, the business community, local aircraft operators and owners, and people from all over the nation that fly into the community to visit friends and family.