Memphis International Airport ( Mem )

Memphis International Airport ( Mem )

The following paper explores how Memphis International Airport (MEM), the world's second busiest



cargo shipping airport, handles its day to day operations involving passenger airlines in conjunction with



FedEx commercial shipping. By comparing DOT and FAA reports, along with the airlines and FedEx's



shipping statistics, an airport capacity and congestion problem is disproved. Since Delta closed down



their MEM hub, passenger air travel has dramatically decreased while cargo shipping has continued to



steadily climb. Other airlines have started offering services in and out of MEM but were only able to



increase passenger travel by 1%, in 2014. The different operating schedules of passenger and cargo



shipping, allow for each of them to conduct their flights without hindering the operations of the other.



MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT



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Memphis International Airport and Airspace Case Study



Memphis airport was created in 1927 by then Mayor, Watkins Overton. The airport



continued to grow, and in 1956 an airport planning committee designed and built a passenger



terminal to keep pace with the emerging "Jet Age". The new terminal, completed in 1963,



featured 22 gates and could handle up to seven airliners.In 1969 the airport became known as



the Memphis International Airport (MEM).



Memphis International Airport received another huge boost in 1973, when what is now



known as FedEx was founded in Memphis, and the company built a sorting facility and

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