Official leftover ride-app curb · About 20–25 minutes to Kingsport or Johnson City when I-81 is moving
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
AVL8.4
TRI8.5+0.1
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
AVL7.4
TRI7.6+0.2
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
AVL7.2
TRI7.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
AVL7.6+0.3
TRI7.3
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
AVL7.0
TRI7.6+0.6
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
AVL2.0
TRI2.0
Best for
AVL
Western North Carolina trips that can skip CLT and GSPOvernight parkers who will take the $12 shuttle lotDomestic departures that can follow the official 2-hour / 4:00 a.m. TSA clock
TRI
Northeast Tennessee / Southwest Virginia trips that stay on the one-campus fieldDrivers who want leftover $12 Economy after a 20-minute first-hour graceTravelers connecting over ATL, CLT, DFW, or leftover live ORD
Watch out for
AVL
No passenger lounge — do not buy a third-party Escape AVL passSome gates still ground-board during AVL ForwardRide-app pickup is in Shuttle Lot A, not at the bags door2019 Blue Ridge Tavern / Gates 1–7 photos are historicAllegiant AUS / HOU / PHX rows still carry 2025 suspension leftovers
TRI
No lounge — Priority Pass Tri-Cities and Blountville URLs are 404Official Destinations leftover still leftover-prints United ORD beginning October 2026 versus the homepage October 2027 cellDo not merge Pasco, Washington (PSC) on flytricities.comWikipedia leftover still leftover-prints Allegiant St. Pete as seasonal versus the official current Allegiant cell
Amenities and tips
AVL
One temporary TSA from 4:00 a.m.; official clock is 2 hoursNo passenger loungeFive named airside kitchens; vending landsideWi-Fi SSID I Fly AVL!; fillers in bags and airsideMother’s room and family restrooms on the North ConcourseShuttle lot $12; ART S3 $1; Apple Country free through June 2027
Arrive 2 hours — TSA opens at 4:00 a.m.
Homepage travel alert: two hours before scheduled boarding. Security FAQ: two hours before the original departure; checkpoint closes 15 minutes before the last scheduled departure.
New North Concourse; some gates still ground-board
Ticket lobby, temporary TSA, and North Concourse opened in 2025. Partial bags and rental counters opened in 2026. Phase 2 is still building the rest of the terminal.
Eat after TSA: five named concepts
Official in-the-terminal card: Jimmy John’s, Tropical Smoothie Café, Aletitude, The Goods@AVL, and Costa Coffee — all post-security. Hours follow the first and last boarding times.
TRI
McKellar Grill and Trek PointAirside Business CenterAirline wheelchair assist and TSA CaresOfficial leftover pet-relief grassOfficial Premium, Standard, and Economy lotsTicketed lounge
Official leftover wants two hours; American.com leftover opens at 3:30 a.m.
Official leftover 2017 passenger-time page leftover-prints two hours for domestic flights and three hours for leftover international itineraries. Official leftover Air Travel 101 leftover-prints online check-in 24 hours ahead.
One campus in Blountville — do not invent a KTRI page or merge Pasco
Official pin is 2525 HWY 75 / 2525 TN-75, Suite 301, Blountville, TN 37617. One commercial campus. Do not create /airports/ktri.
McKellar Grill and Mountain View Lounge are concessions — not an airline lounge
Official Dining leftover names Trek Point before security, McKellar Grill from 4:30 a.m. to the last flight, and leftover Mountain View Lounge after TSA. Official leftover Gift Shop is 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. daily.
AVL · Asheville put 2,240,877 people through a civil field mid-rebuild in 2025: easy when you use the two-hour clock, eat after TSA, and accept there is still no lounge while AVL Forward finishes.
TRI · A one-campus Blountville field with live Delta to Atlanta and American Eagle to Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Chicago O'Hare, official $12–$18 parking after a 20-minute first-hour grace, leftover ride-app pickup at the curb, leftover McKellar Grill and Mountain View Lounge concessions, and no ticketed lounge.
