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Another major airport is Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP / KGSP), which has domestic flights from Greenville, South Carolina and is 55 miles from Shelby, NC.
From the east, take I-40 west from Asheville, North Carolina (about 40 miles away), to U.S. 19, then U.S. 441 to the park's southern entrance near Cherokee, North Carolina. Air: McGhee-Tyson Airport, the nearest major airport to the park, is located 45 miles west of Gatlinburg, between Knoxville and Alcoa, Tennessee.