<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Memphis International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Memphis Municipal Airport, dedicated in 1929, opened on a 200-acre (81 ha) plot of farmland just over seven miles (11 km) from downtown Memphis. In its early years, the airport had three hangars and an unpaved runway; passenger and air mail service was provided by American Airlines, Chicago, and Southern Air Lines (acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1953). A modern terminal was built in 1938 to meet the demands for increased commercial passenger service. In 1939, Eastern Air Lines arrived; that March, Eastern had one departure a day to Muscle Shoals and beyond, American had four east/west, and C&amp;S had four north/south.</p>
<p class="blog-para">During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command</p>
<p class="blog-para">4th Ferrying Group used Memphis while sending new aircraft overseas. In April 1951, the runways were 6000-ft 2/20, 6530-ft 9/27, 4370-ft 14/32, and 4950-ft 17/35; the airport was all north of Winchester Road during the 1950s.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The April 1957 OAG shows 64 weekday departures: 25 on Delta, 18 American, 7 Southern, 5 Eastern, 4 Banff, 3 Trans-Texas, and 2 Capital. American DC-6s flew nonstop to Washington and New York, but westward nonstop did not reach beyond Fort Worth and Kansas City until American started in Los Angeles in 1964. The first scheduled jets were Delta 880s ORD-MEM-MSY and back, starting in July&ndash;August 1960.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The current terminal was designed by Mann &amp; Harrover and cost $6.5 million. It opened on June 7, 1963, and Memphis Municipal changed its name to Memphis International in 1969. In 1985&ndash;86, Republic Airlines began flights to Mexico.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Transportation of Memphis International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Memphis International Airport's passenger terminal can be accessed from Interstate 240 at exit 23B via Plough Blvd. and Jim McGee Pkwy. It can also be accessed via Winchester Road. MATA Bus #28 offers connections to the Hudson and Airways transit centres. The Ground Transportation Centre, completed in February 2013, contains the airport's economy parking and parking for all car rental companies.</p>
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