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TRI Meaning

TRI Airport Meaning

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TRI Meaning:

TRI stands for Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA)


Located in Bristol / Johnson City / Kingsport, Tennessee, TRI (Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA)) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of TRI's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA) (TRI) Characteristics:

      City: Bristol / Johnson City / Kingsport
      State: Tennessee
      FAA: Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA)
      IATA: TRI
      ICAO: KTRI
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


TRI is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding TRI, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

TRI meaning is Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA).

Tri-Cities Regional Airport (Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA) can be abbreviated as TRI.

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