Transportation & Location
Highway
With five interstate exits along 30 miles of Interstate 24, Coffee County offers quick access to Nashville and I-40, and Chattanooga and I-75. Coffee County is also served by U.S. Route 41 and 41A, and State Highways 55 and 53 all of which are four-lane roadways in Coffee County.
Air
BNA - Nashville International Airport
59 miles to the northwest of Manchester, the Nashville International Airport (BNA) offers 540 flights daily to 75 nonstop markets. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) recently announced BNA served more than 17 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2019, breaking the previous year's record by 2.2 million passengers. This shows a 15% rate of annual growth, and a record sixth year of growth for the airport.
Tullahoma Municipal Airport
The City of Tullahoma is home to the Tullahoma Municipal Airport which averages nearly 40,000 flights each year and has over 150 based aircraft. The Airport has a 5,500’ x 100’ runway capable of handling all types of corporate jet aircraft, an additional 4,200’ x 100’ paved and two turf runways. The two paved runways have RNAV (GPS) instrument approaches.The airport is home to the world class Beechcraft Heritage Museum, the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Tennessee Skydiving, XP Services and Sarasota Avionics. Every June, the Airport host attendees and Rock stars such as Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Pearl Jam and Metallica for the Bonnaroo Arts and Music festival. In 2019 the airport became one of two airports in the country chosen twice for the AOPA Regional Fly-In. » Tullahoma Municipal Airport
Port Facilities
The Tennessee ports access the Tennessee TomBigbee Waterway. There are multiple ports within 100 miles of Coffee County. - Nickajack Port Authority, located approximately 48 miles east along I-24
- Port of Nashville/ Hailey’s Harbor Port, located approximately 74 miles west along I-24
- Port of Decatur, in Decatur Alabama is located approximately 96 miles south
Rail & Intermodal
CSX Rail Line - Rail line from Nashville to Chattanooga runs through Tullahoma, along US Highway 41A, with a short line connection to Caney Fork Western Railroad. www.csx.comCaney Fork & Western Railroad (CFWR) interchanges with the CSX in Tullahoma, TN and extends Northeast 61 miles through I-24 at Manchester and continues to McMinnville and to Sparta, TN.
Port of Nashville, located 74 miles west along I-24, multiple intermodal facility locations.
Port of Huntsville, located 91 miles south in Huntsville Alabama, is an intermodal facility handling highway, rail and air freight.