MEM

Frederick W. Smith International Airport

ICAO KMEM35.0438°N 89.9763°W341 ft / 104 mLarge airport
On the map

Frederick W. Smith International Airport (IATA: MEM, ICAO: KMEM) is a large airport in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It opened on 15 Jun 1929. It has 4 runways; the longest is 11,120 ft (3,389 m). In 2025 it handled 4.8 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1929–2006
15 JUN 1929
OpenedFrederick W. Smith International Airport opens.
18 DEC 2003
DisasterFedEx Express Flight 647.No deaths
28 JUL 2006
DisasterFedEx Express Flight 630.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal BTerminal CTerminal A
18C/36C179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH11,120 ft3,389 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
18R/36L179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH9,320 ft2,841 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
18L/36R179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09/27092° / 272° · LIT
LENGTH8,946 ft2,727 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
3.7M
3.8M
4.1M
4.3M
4.5M
4.7M
2.1M
3.6M
4.4M
4.9M
4.9M
4.8M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

31 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 331 mi / 533 kmTYS · McGhee Tyson Airport · 341 mi / 549 kmPNS · Pensacola International Airport · 355 mi / 571 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 431 mi / 693 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 469 mi / 754 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 492 mi / 792 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 510 mi / 821 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 559 mi / 899 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 610 mi / 982 kmSAT · San Antonio International Airport · 625 mi / 1,006 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 632 mi / 1,017 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 653 mi / 1,051 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 656 mi / 1,056 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 670 mi / 1,079 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 684 mi / 1,100 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 701 mi / 1,128 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 761 mi / 1,224 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 851 mi / 1,370 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 860 mi / 1,384 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 871 mi / 1,401 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 873 mi / 1,405 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 944 mi / 1,520 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 961 mi / 1,547 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 1,138 mi / 1,831 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 1,260 mi / 2,027 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,261 mi / 2,029 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,413 mi / 2,274 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,616 mi / 2,600 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 374 mi / 602 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 319 mi / 514 kmRFD · Chicago Rockford International Airport · 496 mi / 799 kmLAXLASPHXSLCBOSLGADENMIADCAMSPMCORDUSATDTWRFDIAHDFWVPSTYSATLSDFPHLTPAAUSCLTFLLSFBORDPNSMEM
Year-round28
ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines533 km331 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air549 km341 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways571 km355 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines693 km431 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines754 km469 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines792 km492 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines821 km510 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection899 km559 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines982 km610 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,006 km625 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,017 km632 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,051 km653 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,056 km656 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,079 km670 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,100 km684 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection1,128 km701 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,224 km761 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,370 km851 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,384 km860 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,401 km871 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,405 km873 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express1,520 km944 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle1,547 km961 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,831 km1,138 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,027 km1,260 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines2,029 km1,261 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,274 km1,413 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,600 km1,616 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 7Allegiant Air 6Delta Air Lines 5American Airlines 5Delta Connection 5Breeze Airways 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MEM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Memphis International Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#349of 3,974 · #83 North America · #66 USLongest runway11,120 ft3,389 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=625of 29,823 · =141 North America · #116 USElevation341 ft104 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,301of 43,341 · =14,105 North America · =11,872 USAgeOpened 19292026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=369of 15,079 · =78 North America · =75 USRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels
APPAPP119.100
APPAPP33.830
ATISATIS127.750
CLDCLNC DEL125.200
DEPDEP124.150
GNDGND121.650
POSTANG COMD POST138.950
RDOJACKSON RDO122.200
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950