| Description: | Memphis International Airport is quite large, and in 2007 became the airport that carried the largest amount of passenger cargo. Memphis International Airport; IATA:MEM; ICAO:KMEM; FAA LID:MEM Tennessee, USA
Memphis International Airport is the base of FedEx Express, a global SuperHub that handles a significant share of carrier cargo. Memphis FedEx flights include dozens of cities across the continental United States, as well as Anchorage and Honolulu, as well as many cities in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Intercontinental transit of goods has been established in such directions as: Cologne, Dubai, Paris, London, Seoul and Tokyo.
From 1993 to 2009, Memphis was the largest in terms of cargo transportation among the airports of the world. Memphis International Airport covers an area of ??1600 hectares, and has four runways.
18C / 36C runway: 11,120 feet × 150 feet (3,389 m × 46 m)
Runway 18L / 36R: 9.000 ft × 150 ft (2743 m × 46 m)
Runway 18R / 36L: 9,320 ft × 150 ft (2,841 m × 46 m)
Runway 9/27: 8946 × 150 ft. (2727 m × 46 m)
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