MEM — Frederick W. Smith International Airport
- IATA code
- MEM
- ICAO code
- KMEM
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 4,658,613
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 97
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- America/Chicago
- Elevation
- 104 m
- 341 ft
- Runways
- 4
- Longest 3,389 m
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About MEM
Frederick W. Smith International Airport is a large airport serving Memphis, United States. It opened in 1929. 4,658,613 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 97 nonstop routes from MEM.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from MEM
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MEM → ATL | 534 km | 779,228 |
| MEM → DFW | 695 km | 466,636 |
| MEM → CLT | 823 km | 343,339 |
| MEM → DEN | 1,404 km | 313,735 |
| MEM → ORD | 791 km | 311,672 |
| MEM → IAH | 754 km | 224,028 |
| MEM → MCO | 1,100 km | 178,022 |
| MEM → HOU | 779 km | 174,256 |
| MEM → LGA | 1,549 km | 169,720 |
| MEM → LAS | 2,279 km | 147,187 |
| MEM → DTW | 982 km | 138,710 |
| MEM → MDW | 773 km | 134,809 |
| MEM → DCA | 1,226 km | 119,032 |
| MEM → MIA | 1,383 km | 111,217 |
| MEM → DAL | 680 km | 106,386 |
| MEM → BNA | 322 km | 105,206 |
| MEM → MSP | 1,127 km | 104,765 |
| MEM → PHX | 2,033 km | 99,385 |
| MEM → SLC | 2,031 km | 90,825 |
| MEM → PHL | 1,407 km | 80,745 |
| MEM → FLL | 1,369 km | 62,022 |
| MEM → LAX | 2,605 km | 60,671 |
| MEM → BWI | 1,267 km | 60,502 |
| MEM → EWR | 1,522 km | 53,510 |
| MEM → AUS | 899 km | 34,148 |
| MEM → TPA | 1,055 km | 27,798 |
| MEM → PIE | 1,051 km | 27,422 |
| MEM → BOS | 1,834 km | 26,549 |
| MEM → SFB | 1,079 km | 25,439 |
| MEM → RDU | 1,019 km | 18,896 |
| MEM → JFK | 1,552 km | 15,152 |
| MEM → PNS | 570 km | 14,431 |
| MEM → SAT | 1,006 km | 5,859 |
| MEM → TYS | 550 km | 5,789 |
| MEM → VPS | 601 km | 5,722 |
| MEM → STL | 413 km | 1,604 |
| MEM → LIT | 208 km | 1,398 |
| MEM → HRO | 318 km | 1,121 |
| MEM → MSY | 561 km | 880 |
| MEM → HOT | 292 km | 573 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at MEM
- DL Delta Air Lines · 8,681 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 8,310 flights
- AA American Airlines · 7,246 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 6,907 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 5,771 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 3,373 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 3,125 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 2,825 flights
- 9E Endeavor Air · 1,789 flights
- YV Mesa Airlines · 1,052 flights
- G4 Allegiant Air · 1,052 flights
- NK Spirit Air Lines · 885 flights
- MX Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze · 612 flights
- 9X Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines · 602 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 489 flights
- G7 GoJet Airlines · 342 flights
- C5 CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir · 116 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 80%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Departures counted
- 24,723
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JBR | Jonesboro Municipal Airport | 107 km |
| MKL | McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport | 114 km |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | 140 km |
Distance from MEM to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18C/36C | 3,389 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 18R/36L | 2,841 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 18L/36R | 2,743 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 09/27 | 2,727 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Memphis, Tennessee, United States · 35.0438, -89.9763
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