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McKellar–Sipes Regional Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Jackson, a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by the city and county. The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but was also served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. SeaPort Airlines began its services to Memphis and Nashville on January 22, 2012. In September, 2016, however, liquidation of SeaPort Airlines began subsequent to its bankruptcy.As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 134 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,502 in 2009, and 2,545 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport based on 2008/2009 enplanements (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
