Ectopic beat (or cardiac ectopy) is a disturbance of the cardiac rhythm frequently related to the electrical conduction system of the heart, in which beats arise from fibers or group of fibers outside the region in the heart muscle ordinarily responsible for impulse formation (i.e. , the sinoatrial node).
Major airports near Hayesville, North Carolina: The nearest major airport is Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA / KCHA). This airport has domestic flights from Chattanooga, Tennessee and is 97 miles from the center of Hayesville, NC. Another major airport is Athens-Ben Epps Airport (AHN / KAHN), which has domestic flights from Athens, Georgia and is 102 miles from Hayesville, NC. McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS / KTYS) has domestic flights from Knoxville, Tennessee and is 106 miles from Hayesville, 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.