Memphis International Airport

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Coordinates: 35°02′33″N 089°58′36″W / 35.0425, -89.97667

Memphis International Airport

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FAA airport diagram

IATA: MEM – ICAO: KMEM – FAA: MEM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority
Serves Memphis, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL 341 ft / 104 m
Website www.mscaa.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18C/36C 11,120 3,389 Concrete
18L/36R 9,000 2,743 Concrete
18R/36L 9,320 2,841 Concrete
9/27 8,946 2,727 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 392,883
Based aircraft 110
Sources: FAA[1] & airport website[2]

Memphis International Airport (IATA: MEM, ICAO: KMEM, FAA LID: MEM) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It is owned and operated by the Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority.[2]

Northwest Airlines operates its third-largest passenger hub in Memphis, with routes to a number of destinations in North America, as well as a daily nonstop flight to Amsterdam. Memphis is also home to FedEx's "World Hub," which processes a large amount of the freight carrier's packages. Because of FedEx's hub, Memphis has the largest cargo operations of any airport worldwide. Memphis is also home to United Parcel Service's third-largest sorting facility.

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[edit] History

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Memphis Municipal Airport, 1962, photographed from the then-new control tower.
Memphis Municipal Airport opened on a 200 acre (0.8 km²) plot of farmland just over seven miles (10 km) from downtown Memphis. During its early years, the airport consisted of three hangars and an unpaved runway. Passenger and air mail service was provided by American Airways and Chicago and Southern Air Lines. In 1939, four new carriers won route awards to serve Memphis: Braniff Airways, Capital Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, and Southern Airways.

The current terminal was built in 1963, and Memphis Municipal changed its name to Memphis International in 1969. However, the airport had no non-stop intercontinental routes until 1995, when KLM began service to Amsterdam.

FedEx established its freight hub in Memphis in 1973, and Republic Airlines established a passenger hub in 1985, which was absorbed into Northwest in 1986.

Continental Airlines announced on Sept. 14, 2007 that on May 4, 2008, it would launch new Continental Express service to the airline's Cleveland hub.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Memphis International Airport covers an area of 3,900 acres (1,578 ha) which contains four paved runways:[1]

  • Runway 18C/36C: 11,120 x 150 ft. (3,389 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
  • Runway 18L/36R: 9,000 x 150 ft. (2,743 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
  • Runway 18R/36L: 9,320 x 150 ft. (2,841 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
  • Runway 9/27: 8,946 x 150 ft. (2,727 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 392,883 aircraft operations, an average of 1,076 per day: 57% scheduled commercial, 34% air taxi, 9% general aviation and <1% military. There are 110 aircraft based at this airport: 46% jet, 26% multi-engine, 19% single-engine and 8% military.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Memphis International Airport has three concourses which are all connected as part of the same building. Passengers check in at signs marked Terminal A, B, or C which generally but do not necessarily represent the concourse where they will be directed for their gate.

[edit] Concourse A

  • Northwest Airlines
    • Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Alexandria, Blountville/Tri-Cities, Chattanooga, Evansville, Fort Smith, Greenville (SC), Hattiesburg/Laurel, Lafayette, Lexington, Monroe, Muscle Shoals, Paducah, Tupelo)
    • Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Boston [ends January 6], Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Columbia (SC), Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Detroit, Evansville, Fayetteville (AR), Fort Myers, Fort Smith, Grand Rapids, Greensboro/High Point, Greenville, Houston-Intercontinental, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Madison, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mobile, Moline/Quad Cities, Montgomery, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Panama City (FL), Pensacola, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, San Antonio, Savannah, Shreveport, Springfield (MO), Tallahassee, Toronto-Pearson, Tulsa, Wichita)

[edit] Concourse B - Northwest Airlines

  • Northwest Airlines (Amsterdam, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Baton Rouge, Birmingham (AL), Boston [ends January 7], Cancún, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Cozumel [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Walton Beach/Valparaiso, Gulfport/Biloxi, Houston-Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Nashville, New Orleans, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco [seasonal], San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Washington-Reagan)

[edit] Concourse C

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MEM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ a b Memphis International Airport (official site)

[edit] External links

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