Direct Flights from Atlanta to Memphis
Memphis · Tennessee
Nonstop service from ATL to MEM on Delta, Frontier. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
30 cities have a nonstop to Memphis, Atlanta among them.
How long to go to Memphis for, from Atlanta
1h 10m in the air, 331 miles: short enough that a single night in Memphis is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 9 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Memphis
Memphis is the second largest city in the state of Tennessee, after Nashville. The state rests in the southeastern portion of the United States. Memphis, with a population of more than 651,000 (2019), is also the county seat for Shelby County. The city's claims to fame include Graceland, the mansion Elvis Presley lived in during his later years. Perhaps more importantly, Memphis is considered by many to be the home of blues music.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Memphis
- The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,164 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
- The Memphis Zoo is a zoo in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species.
- The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present…
- The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Memphis.
- The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum is a music museum located at 191 Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee.
- The Metal Museum, formerly called the National Ornamental Metal Museum, is a museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
- The Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art is located at 119 South Main Street at the intersection of Gayoso Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
- The Art Museum of the University of Memphis is located at 3750 Norriswood Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the principal art museum of the University of Memphis.
- Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is a state park in Shelby County, Tennessee near Memphis, located in the southeastern United States.
- The Cotton Museum, located in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., is an historical and cultural museum that opened in March 2006 on the former trading floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange at 65 Union Avenue in downtown Memphis.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Memphis weather, compared with Atlanta
Within 1° of Atlanta on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Memphis 51°F · Atlanta 54°F · 3° colder
- April
- Memphis 73°F · Atlanta 73°F · much the same
- July
- Memphis 92°F · Atlanta 90°F · 2° warmer
- October
- Memphis 75°F · Atlanta 74°F · much the same
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Memphis
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Memphis is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Memphis rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Blues Hall of Fame, Sultana (steamboat), and Memphis Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Atlanta to Memphis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Atlanta (ATL) to Memphis (MEM) on Delta, Frontier.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Atlanta to Memphis?
- Delta, Frontier fly nonstop between Atlanta (ATL) and Memphis (MEM).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Atlanta to Memphis?
- There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Atlanta to Memphis.
- How far is Memphis from Atlanta?
- Memphis is about 331 miles from Atlanta by air.
- What is there to do in Memphis?
- Popular things to do include Blues Hall of Fame, Sultana (steamboat), Memphis Zoo, National Civil Rights Museum, and more.
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