General Dewitt Spain Airport
M01 · Memphis, Tennessee · Shelby County · map
General Dewitt Spain Airport is a public-use airport owned by Memphis Shelby CO Arpt Auth, 6 miles northwest of Memphis, Tennessee, 225 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,799 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M01
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Memphis Shelby CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 225 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,799 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach | 119.1 | |
| Departure | 124.65 | |
| M01 and aWOS-3PT | 118.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 901-354-9296.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Memphis from the FAA register
1,013 aircraft are registered to owners in Memphis, Tennessee: 325 business jets, 300 turboprops, 197 airliners and large jets, 158 piston singles, 21 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- 608 feet radio towers 1 MI northeast.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas.
- Fixed wing grass area takeoff and landing NA.
- Closed to rotorcraft training WO written pmsn.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.