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    Hickory Regional Airport

    4.0 (2 reviews)

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    Tri-Cities Airport - Very small inside

    Tri-Cities Airport

    3.7(56 reviews)
    76.2 mi

    Hey friends! My first time to TN. I was headed to Bristol was is about 20 minutes outside of the…read moreairport. The airport is so tiny. As someone with anxiety, I love that the airport is small, easy to navigate & not too much foot traffic. It's no more than 5 terminals. And it's literally a straight shot out of the gate to the airport exit lol. +Employees are super friendly. +Theres a bar with 21+ drinks, coffee and snacks. +Check-in and TSA were a breeze.

    So throughout my time away this year, I had been in 3 airports as the one where I switched planes…read morewas the same going to and from my destination. I will start with the destination, this being the Tri-Cities Airport. This airport is a kind of quad-state airport as it serves Tennessee obviously being in Tennessee, but it's also close to the state borders of Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Kind of like how my current home airport serves both Connecticut and Massachusetts. It's also a very small airport. My dad seems to like it and so I imagine I will see this airport again, but whether or not I agree with him still has yet to be determined. This airport has just one terminal with 7 gates. Of those 7, maybe like 4 get used. The planes they had me get in were way too small for my height as I am over 6-feet tall. It makes flight super hard to sit through if I happen to have a pinched nerve on my shoulder that day. Really, those are my big knocks on this airport. I do have plenty positives to say about this though. The airport staff is friendly. Even TSA don't seem like heartless evil jerks. Also, because it's so small, TSA is actually a breeze to get through here and you can navigate this place really easily because of how straightforward it is. The interior looks nice as it looks like it had been redone in recent years. It's also not a crowded place which is good. Baggage claim isn't too bad, but because of how small the airport is, you kind of have to guess where your luggage is coming from. Also, for a small airport, parking can get really overcrowded at times, but any least the parking staff was nice. Bathrooms were okay too. At the end of the day, I think a 3 is the right rating. Does enough to function, but it's not built for the bigger planes that I would need.

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    Tri-Cities Airport - Gate 6 after arrival

    Gate 6 after arrival

    Tri-Cities Airport - A clean and easy to navigate regional airport.  A great choice when visiting Northern Tennessee.

    A clean and easy to navigate regional airport. A great choice when visiting Northern Tennessee.

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    Asheville Regional Airport - Airport dining

    Asheville Regional Airport

    3.0(284 reviews)
    67.9 mi

    With the popularity of the Asheville area the Asheville Regional Airport is expanding its buildings…read moreto better serve the public. Even with the location in the middle of a build out we appreciated the seating areas that I felt were comfortable and family friendly.

    I am a huge fan of small airports, but the service and physical space issues I had at AVL knock…read morethem down a star. Firstly, the airport is doing some major construction and the walkway between the arrival terminal and baggage claim is scaffolded. There were construction workers using leaf blowers to blow dust around (toward the pedestrian walkway) both times I flew through AVL this year. Because of construction arriving passenger pick up is quite crowded and disorganized, so just hope for the best until construction ends. There's not a long going on in here once you're through security - a bar, a coffee shop, a Jimmy John's and a "smoothie cafe". Nothing was open either time I flew through here, so probably plan to BYO everything for feeding yourself in this airport to your destination or connection. My service issues were disability boarding related. I have an "invisible" disability that requires more time to board the plane and I always preboard with United. While this specific issue may not be owned by the airport (gate agents are typically employed by the airline), but happened in the airport and is relevant enough to all travelers that I do want to share here. Security was fine, and Pre-Check was just as fast as any other small airport. Through in 5 minutes or less. At boarding, however, despite wearing my sunflower lanyard, the gate agents saw no wheelchairs and skipped disability preboarding altogether. If this happened once I'd let it go, but it happened repeatedly at AVL. I have flown through dozens of even smaller airports than AVL that do disability preboarding correctly. AVL United gate agents do not. AVL is almost impossible to get to/from without a rideshare, rental car, or someone picking you up. I did successfully use transit to get to Asheville downtown from AVL, but I got lucky on the timing with my check bag coming out in time to catch the bus with 5min to spare. The buses only run between the airport and downtown every 90 minutes, which means too infrequently for airport employees to rely on transit to come to work. There is also a hotel across the street for those with morning flights, but the construction fencing is situated such that it didn't feel super safe to walk from the hotel to the airport 100 yards away.

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    Asheville Regional Airport
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    Asheville Regional Airport - Waiting area mid day.

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