MEM

Frederick W. Smith International Airport

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

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
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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