Parsons appointed for the modernisation of McGhee Tyson Airport

14 September 2026

The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority has selected Parsons to provide programme and construction management services for a five-year terminal development programme at McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The programme is intended to help the airport to accommodate passenger growth, to modernise ageing infrastructure and to develop its terminal facilities. Parsons will provide centralised oversight covering costs, schedules, stakeholder coordination, construction and compliance with Federal Aviation Administration funding requirements.

As a global engineering firm, Parsons has worked on terminal, landside and airside infrastructure at more than 450 airports across 40 countries.

 

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