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Getting There By Air

Memphis International Airport (MIA)
Tel: (901) 922 8088.
Website: www.mscaa.com

Memphis airport is the world’s busiest cargo airport and a bustling passenger terminal handling more around nine million passengers per year. Located approximately 16km (10 miles) southeast of Downtown Memphis, the airport handles flights from seven passenger airlines and is a major hub for Northwest/KLM, which provides daily transatlantic flights to Amsterdam.

Approximate flight times to Memphis: From London is 10 hours 50 minutes; from New York is 2 hours 35 minutes; from Los Angeles is 4 hours; from Toronto is 3 hours 10 minutes and from Sydney is 18 hours.

Airport facilities: Facilities include bureau de change, bank, ATMs, travel agency, restaurants and duty free shops. There is also a hairdresser, and a hotel. Car hire is available from Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise and Hertz.

Transport to the city: It takes approximately 20 minutes to reach Downtown Memphis from the airport. For cab service, call Checker/Yellow Cab (tel: (901) 577 7777) or City Wide Cab Company (tel: (901) 324 4202). Local airport shuttle service will drop you at rental car location. Hotels or motels may offer shuttle service to downtown/midtown, or will call a cab for you.



   
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