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2 unusual facts about Nashville International Airport


Evansville Regional Airport

On December 13, 1977, Douglas C-53 N51071 of National Jet Services crashed on take-off from Evansville on a non-scheduled passenger flight to Nashville Metropolitan Airport, Tennessee.

Orconectes shoupi

The unusual amounts of de-icer used at Nashville International Airport after the increased snowfall in the winter of 2009–2010, may have caused deaths of Orconectes shoupi.


Athens Ben Epps Airport

On September 28, 2012, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded SeaPort Airlines with daily flights to Nashville replacing GeorgiaSkies.

Williamson County Regional Airport

July 23, 1973: Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 between Nashville International Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport had intermediate stops in Clarksville, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Marion-Williamson County Airport before arriving in St. Louis in the midst of a tornado warning.


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