Made with Xara © copyright Knoxville Airport Shuttle 2010 McGhee Tyson Airport has 8 major airlines serving 19 non-stop destinations including Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Orlando, Miami, New York, Chicago, Denver and Washington D.C.; 120 arrivals and departures each day and more than 4,000 seats available. The city is situated at the crossroads of three major interstates--I-75, I-40 and I-81. Surrounded by seven lakes--Cherokee, Douglas, Ft Loudon, Melton Hill, Norris, Watts Bar and Tellico; and eight states--Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. Home of the University of Tennessee's main campus. Home of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, one of the top 100 daily newspapers in the United States. Hosted the last successful World's Fair in 1982 with recorded attendance of 11, 127,786. Best known landmark is the Sunsphere which is 266 feet tall and has 26 stories. Home of the East Tennessee Clean Fuel coalition, which serves the area with action for and information about alternative fuels, like biodiesel, propane, ethanol and hybrids. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1925, is the oldest continuing orchestra in the Southeast. Based in Knoxville, the Gulf and Ohio Railroad is the largest operator of short line railroads in the United States. Headquarters of the Tennessee Valley Authority, created in 1933, which provides hydroelectric to thousands. Knoxville Zoological Gardens, covering 53 acres, has over approximately 400,000 yearly visitors. Home of cable TV's HGTV, one of the fastest growing networks in cable history with nearly 84 million households in less than nine years. Home of the only museum devoted to women's basketball, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame