Tri-Cities Airport, is in Blountville, Tennessee and serves the Tri-Cities area of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The airport is governed by the Tri-Cities Airport Authority whose members are appointed by the cities of Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, Bristol and both Washington County and Sullivan County .Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 202,730 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 217,783 in 2009 and 202,114 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport .
