Those that are travel savvy..

[mowin]

Ok, if you travel a lot.. we don't, this is probably going to seem easy. 

My stepbrat has made the nationals in powerlifting.  She holds the NY state deadlift record in her weight class of 525lbs.  Nationals are in Memphis Tennessee in Sept, which happens to be the state my wife and I are thinking about retiring too in a couple years.  We're looking to move  into the Johnson city area, or the northeast area of Tennessee.  

We want to check out the area we're interested in moving to before the competition. Which airport would be the best to fly into?  Don't want to fly into Memphis and have to drive 5 hrs to to Johnson city, only 5 hrs drive back to Memphis. We would like to fly out of Albany NY.  

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

[ZAG]

Whats the closest airport to Bristol?

Were taking a long weekend in April to recon the entire eastern portion of Tennessee and western portion of NC. Smokey mountains are calling me. We wanna start looking for a 2nd home and or land to eventually build. 
Ideally being an hr from Knoxville would be fantastic. 

[Moog5050]

21 minutes ago, mowin said:

Ok, if you travel a lot.. we don't, this is probably going to seem easy. 

My stepbrat has made the nationals in powerlifting.  She holds the NY state deadlift record in her weight class of 525lbs.  Nationals are in Memphis Tennessee in Sept, which happens to be the state my wife and I are thinking about retiring too in a couple years.  We're looking to move  into the Johnson city area, or the northeast area of Tennessee.  

We want to check out the area we're interested in moving to before the competition. Which airport would be the best to fly into?  Don't want to fly into Memphis and have to drive 5 hrs to to Johnson city, only 5 hrs drive back to Memphis. We would like to fly out of Albany NY.  

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Great deadlift for a female.  What weight class?  Good luck to her.  

[mowin]

7 minutes ago, Moog5050 said:

Great deadlift for a female.  What weight class?  Good luck to her.  

Well, to be honest, I don't know.. she's 181 and 5'11.  

[Moog5050]

Great deadlift.    I remember when a 165lb female first broke 500.   It was a big deal.  She was a national champ.    Your daughter is really good.  

[The_Real_TCIII]

Nashville is in between and probably your cheapest flight option 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Your talking about the longest possible distance across Tennessee so youre going to have a long drive at least once 

[Chef]

18 hours ago, mowin said:

Ok, if you travel a lot.. we don't, this is probably going to seem easy. 

My stepbrat has made the nationals in powerlifting.  She holds the NY state deadlift record in her weight class of 525lbs.  Nationals are in Memphis Tennessee in Sept, which happens to be the state my wife and I are thinking about retiring too in a couple years.  We're looking to move  into the Johnson city area, or the northeast area of Tennessee.  

We want to check out the area we're interested in moving to before the competition. Which airport would be the best to fly into?  Don't want to fly into Memphis and have to drive 5 hrs to to Johnson city, only 5 hrs drive back to Memphis. We would like to fly out of Albany NY.  

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Is there a airport in Knoxville? Either that or Nashville would make sense. Either way it’s pretty much a straight shot on 40 most of the way 

[ZAG]

2 minutes ago, Chef said:

Is there a airport in Knoxville? Either that or Nashville would make sense. Either way it’s pretty much a straight shot on 40 most of the way 

Deff one in Maryville just south of knox

[mowin]

We're thinking about flying into NC then driving to Johnson City.  Its approximately 7.5 hr drive from there to Nashville, so we might drive into Georgia to see good friends of ours, then flying out of Atlanta to Nashville. 

Edited January 22, 2023 by mowin

[mowin]

13 minutes ago, Chef said:

Is there a airport in Knoxville? Either that or Nashville would make sense. Either way it’s pretty much a straight shot on 40 most of the way 

There's smaller airports closer to Johnson City, but I don't think the major airlines fly into them.   I'd like to avoid driving from Nashville to Johnson city, only to drive back past Nashville to get to Memphis.  

Hoping to get things mapped out in the next few weeks so we can get things booked early.