List of Airlines That Fly to Memphis

Memphis International Airport is served by six airlines with direct flights from all major U.S. cities and international connections to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. The city serves as a transport hub for Delta Airlines, so if flexibility of scheduling is your major concern, Delta is a good place to start. All air service frequencies listed here are based on timetables for the year-end 2009.

Delta/Northwest/KLM Airlines

Memphis is a center of U.S. operations for Delta Airlines; its subsidiary, Northwest Airlines, and partner, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and NW-coded flights make up by far the largest number of arrivals.

Frequent daily flights arrive direct from 83 U.S. cities, along with two international services from Montego Bay, Jamaica (twice daily), and Nassau, Bahamas (daily).

P.O. Box 20706
Atlanta, Georgia 30320
(800) 221-1212
delta.com
nwa.com
klm.com

American Airlines

This major airline gives Delta some stiff competition, with 60 weekly flights from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and 26 weekly flights from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.

Twice-daily flights arrive from Miami, Florida, and daily flights arrive from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mcallen/Mission, Texas. Each week Memphis International Airport is served with a further six flights from Tucson, Arizona, two from Palm Springs, California, and one from El Paso, Texas. An international flight arrives twice daily from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

4255 Amon Carter Blvd.
MD 2400
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(800) 433-7300
aa.com

AirTran Airways

This low-fare airline serves Memphis International Airport five times daily with a direct flight from its hub in Atlanta, Georgia. Connecting flights via Atlanta are available to 67 other U.S. cities.

1800 Phoenix Blvd.
Suite 104
Atlanta, Georgia 30349
(800) 247-8726
airtran.com

Continental Airlines

Continental serves Memphis with five daily flights from Houston, Texas, and 18 weekly flights from Newark, New Jersey.

1600 Smith St.
Houston, Texas 77002
(800) 523-3273
continental.com

United Airlines

United operates 14 daily flights to Memphis from Chicago, Illinois, and a further eight daily flights from Denver, Colorado. The airline also operates a single weekly flight from Charlotte, North Carolina.

PO Box 66100
Chicago, Illinois 60666
(800) 864-8331
united.com

U.S. Airways

U.S. Airways operates daily direct flights to Memphis from Charlotte, North Carolina, and from Phoenix, Arizona.

4000 East Sky Harbor Blvd.
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
(800) 428-4322
usairways.com

Article Written By Jeff Studebaker

Jeff Studebaker is a travel writer and recreational fisherman who started writing professionally in 2003 as a Bangkok-based reporter. Covering Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, he has published more than 1,000 articles in magazines including "Travel Trade Gazette," "MICE Magazine," and "Business Travel News." A psychology B.A. from Western Washington University, he is now based in Bellingham, Wash.

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