Memphis International Airport safety profile
21 recorded occurrences at or near Memphis International Airport (1987–2025): 5 at the airport, 16 nearby; 3 fatal, 3 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 121 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2022-05-31 — Downtown Aviation (1 fatalities) — 0.2 km
- 2009-11-29 — EMMETT ORYAN (1 fatalities) — 0.2 km
- 2025-08-08 — 0.2 km
- 2023-10-18 — FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP — 0.2 km
- 2019-09-12 — 0.2 km
- 2018-01-28 — Air Evac Lifeteam — 0.2 km
- 2014-02-05 — Embraer 145EP, Trans States Airlines — 0.2 km
- 2014-01-29 — HELICOPTERS INC — 0.2 km
- 2011-09-04 — QUESTAIR VENTURES LLC — 0.2 km
- 2010-05-30 — CITY OF MEMPHIS — 0.2 km
- 2010-01-26 — 0.2 km
- 2009-05-15 — Downtown Aviation — 0.2 km
Runways
- 18C/36C: 11,120 ft, CON, lighted
- 18R/36L: 9,320 ft, CON, lighted
- 18L/36R: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 09/27: 8,946 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 23.697 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 56.792 days/year
- Snow: 7.199 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.008% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.