Notice2026-16107
Notice of Request To Release Property at the Smyrna Airport, Smyrna, TN (MQY)
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Published
August 7, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public comment on a request by the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority (S/RCAA) on behalf of the Smyrna Airport, to release 14.67 acres of property and a 1956 hangar at the Smyrna Airport from federal obligations.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 51216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16107]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Request To Release Property at the Smyrna Airport,
Smyrna, TN (MQY)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public
comment on a request by the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority
(S/RCAA) on behalf of the Smyrna Airport, to release 14.67 acres of
property and a 1956 hangar at the Smyrna Airport from federal
obligations.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be emailed to the FAA at the
following email address: FAA/Memphis Airports District Office, Attn:
Jamal R. Stovall, Lead Community Planner, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#feb49f939f92d0ad8a91889f9292be989f9fd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab09b979b96d4a98e958c9b9696ba9c9b9bd49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>.
In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must
bemailed or delivered to Mr. Evan Lester, Executive Director, Smyrna/
Rutherford County Airport Authority at the following address: 278 Doug
Warpoole Rd., Smyrna, TN 37167.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamal R. Stovall, Lead Community
Planner, Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District
Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, TN 38118-
2482, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d399b2beb2bffd80a7bca5b2bfbf93b5b2b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd87aca0aca1e39eb9a2bbaca1a18dabacace3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>. The application may be reviewed in person
at this same location, by appointment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public
comment on the request to release property for disposal at the Smyrna
Airport (MQY), 278 Doug Warpoole Rd., Smyrna, TN 37167, under the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The FAA determined that the
request to release property at the Smyrna Airport (MQY) submitted by
the Sponsor meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation
Administration and the release of this property does not and will not
impact future aviation needs at the airport. The FAA may approve the
request, in whole or in part, no sooner than thirty days after the
publication of this notice.
The request consists of the following:
The S/RCAA has requested the release and disposal (sale) of
approximately 14.67 acres of MQY property and a 1956 hangar to the
State of Tennessee. The 14.67 acres and 1956 hangar being requested for
release and disposal (sale), was transferred to the Metropolitan
Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) under the authority of Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and the Surplus
Property Act of 1944. The airport was subsequently transferred to the
S/RCAA by MNAA through a Quitclaim deed dated May 15, 1991. The purpose
of the requested release and disposal to the State of Tennessee is to
enable the relocation of the 118th Wing of the Tennessee Air National
Guard (TANG) from the Nashville International Airport (BNA) to MQY This
action is taken under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the request,
notice and other documents germane to the request in person at the
Smyrna Airport.
Issued in Memphis, Tennessee on August 4, 2026.
Rans Black,
Acting Manager, Memphis Airports District Office, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2026-16107 Filed 8-6-26; 8:45 am]
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