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| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Memphis–Shelby County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Memphis metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shelby County, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 341 ft / 104 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°02′33″N 089°58′36″W / 35.04250°N 89.97667°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | flymemphis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Memphis International Airport (IATA: MEM, ICAO: KMEM, FAA LID: MEM) is a civil-military airport located 7 mi (11 km) southeast of Downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is the primary international airport serving Memphis. It covers 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) and has four runways.[2][3]
It is home to the FedEx Express global hub, often referred to as the FedEx Superhub or simply the Superhub,[4] which processes many of the company's packages.[5] Nonstop FedEx destinations from Memphis include cities across the continental United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America.
From 1993 to 2009, Memphis International was the world’s busiest airport for cargo operations. It dropped to second place in 2010, just behind Hong Kong. It still remained the busiest cargo airport in the United States and the Western Hemisphere. It briefly rose to first place once again in 2020 due to the surge in ecommerce partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but dropped back to second place in 2021.[6]
The airport averages over 80 passenger flights per day.[7] The 164th Airlift Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard is based at the co-located Memphis Air National Guard Base, operating C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.[8]
- ^ "Memphis International Airport Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for MEM PDF, effective October 31, 2024.
- ^ "MEM airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Visits FedEx Memphis Superhub". FedEx Newsroom. January 29, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "Memphis - Land Use - Global Airport Cities". www.globalairportcities.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
- ^ "Global Airport Cities 2013 – Welcome". Globalairportcities.com. August 11, 2013. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "MEM March passengers drive 9.1% traffic increase". Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ "164th Airlift Wing > Home". www.164aw.ang.af.mil.