both Austin and San Antonio. Dallas Express Airlines, another commuter airline, was flying twin-engined Pipers nonstop from DAL. By 2000, Austin Express, also a commuter airline, had replaced Conquest with nonstop Metroliners to Austin. Denver, Colorado-based Frontier Airlines also offered flights from Tyler with Airbus A320 mainline jetliner service nonstop to Denver; these flights lasted from July 2019 to April 2020 with the A320 being the largest aircraft ever to operate scheduled passenger airline service from the airport. Museum The Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, an aviation museum located at the airport, rented and moved into the former Tyler passenger terminal that had been closed since 2002. The museum has a number of military jet fighters on display among other exhibits, and also flies and maintains two Russian-manufactured MiG-17F jets based at the airport. Facilities and aircraft The airport covers at an elevation of . It has three asphalt runways: For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2011, the airport had 48,677 aircraft operations, average 133 per day: 83% general aviation, 14% air taxi, 2% airline, and 1% military; 152 aircraft were then based at the airport: 60% single-engine, 22% jet, 16% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter. Airline and destination Passenger American Eagle, the regional air carrier subsidiary of American Airlines subsidiary, operates Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jets on its nonstop flights to DFW with this American Eagle service from Tyler being operated by SkyWest Airlines. Destinations map Accidents and incidents July 13, 2017: Piper PA-31T Cheyenne owned by T-210 HOLDINGS LLC: The aircraft went down as it was leaving the airport, headed to Midland Airpark. It crashed a quarter-mile south of the airport, with two fatalities. References External links Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, official website Tyler Pounds Regional (TYR) at Texas DOT airport directory Aerial image as of January 1996 from USGS The National Map Airports in Texas Transportation in Smith County, Texas Buildings and structures in Smith County, Texas Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas