FLYING LOW-N-SLOW OVER THE CUMBERLAnds

August 2025 Update: We're getting close to opening up our turf strip. As soon as we aerate the land and overseed for the fall, we'll be opening it up for public use.  Thanks for your patience!

For decades, Rockwood Airport was a destination for middle-of-the-night nefarious shipments from South America. While those deliveries have thankfully come to a full-stop, the tales of illicit aviators flying in and out of RKW are legendary. Smuggler’s Landing turf strip was named after them, the pilots who flew the unconventional, unknown, and uncharted routes that brought fame AND misfortune.

"Smuggler's Landing" is a 2,500-foot AOA on the southern side of Runway 4-22.