Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport
MEM · KMEM · Memphis, Tennessee · Shelby County · map
Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, 341 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 18C/36C, is 11,120 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives) and about 73 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 211,898 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,458,214 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMEM · observed 5:54 pm CDT (22:54 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC), good until Thu 1:00 am CDT (06:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 2:00 pm CDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMEM 062254Z 32007KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02720111 $
TAF KMEM 062320Z 0700/0806 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071900 29005KT P6SM SKC FM080100 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MEM · ICAO KMEM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 341 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18C/36C | 11,120 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 9,320 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18L/36R | 9,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 8,946 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18C: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 64 ft high 2,593 ft from the end
- Runway 36C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern, 10,715 ft available for landing, tree 36 ft high 1,849 ft from the end
- Runway 18R: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tree 30 ft high 1,284 ft from the end
- Runway 18L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 101 ft high 2,780 ft from the end
- Runway 09: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 27 ft high 1,243 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 50 ft high 1,707 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Mem and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.75 | Memphis |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 125.2 | Memphis |
| Ground Runway 09/27 | 121.0 | Memphis |
| Ground Runway 18R/36L | 121.65 | Memphis |
| Ground Runway 18L/36R, 18C/36C | 121.9 | Memphis |
| Tower Runway 09/27 | 118.3 | Memphis |
| Tower Runway 18L/36R, 18C/36C | 119.7 | Memphis |
| Tower Runway 18R/36L | 128.425 | Memphis |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 176 to 355 | 119.1 | Memphis |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 356 to 175 | 125.8 | Memphis |
| Departure procedure (AZONE) · Departure procedure (BBKNG) · Departure procedure (CRSON) arriving from headings 356 to 175 | 124.15 | Memphis |
| Departure procedure (AUTMN) · Departure procedure (BINKY) · Departure procedure (CHLDR) arriving from headings 176 to 355 | 124.65 | Memphis |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Memphis |
| Mem and vot | 111.0 | |
| Final approach | 120.925 | Memphis |
| Final approach Runway 09/27 | 126.05 | Memphis |
| Final approach | 126.7 | Memphis |
| Ang Comd Post | 138.1 | Memphis |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 901-842-8483.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 211,898, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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 · 46 since 1982, 5 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
- Index D rescue and firefighting (ARFF) equip H24.
- Single belly twin tandem landing gear - 621.
- Single belly twin tandem landing gear - 621.
- Single belly twin tandem landing gear - 621.
- A-GEAR: engrd mtrl emas 316 feet length 178 feet width departure end runway 18R.
- ALSF2 unmntd.
- Ang ramp offl bus only; prior permission required - V966-8131. Transient aircraft rqr follow me assist entering ang ramp.
- Helicopter operations to/from terminal building NA.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway north north of taxiway V, taxiway C north of taxiway V, taxiway south north of taxiway V and taxiway V west of taxiway north designated as NON-MOVEMENT areas.
- Large and hvy ebnd aircraft on taxiway V for runway 27 hold short at mnm thrust area sign.
- Prior permission required for taxi clnc on taxiway north north of taxiway V, taxiway south north taxiway V and taxiway C north of taxiway V - fedex ramp the control tower 131.5.
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.