Direct Flights from Orlando to Memphis
Memphis · Tennessee
Nonstop service from MCO and SFB to MEM on Allegiant, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Orlando has 2 airports with nonstop service to Memphis. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗MCOMEMOrlando International
- Find flights ↗SFBMEMOrlando Sanford International
How rare is this nonstop?
30 cities have a nonstop to Memphis, Orlando among them.
How long to go to Memphis for, from Orlando
1h 50m in the air, 684 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Memphis. Two nights works.
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 Orlando
10° cooler than Orlando on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Memphis 51°F · Orlando 72°F · 21° colder
- April
- Memphis 73°F · Orlando 84°F · 10° colder
- July
- Memphis 92°F · Orlando 92°F · much the same
- October
- Memphis 75°F · Orlando 85°F · 10° colder
Memphis also swings harder through the year than Orlando does — 41° between its coldest and warmest months against 20°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
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 Orlando to Memphis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Orlando (MCO, SFB) to Memphis (MEM) on Allegiant, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Orlando to Memphis?
- Allegiant, Southwest fly nonstop between Orlando (MCO, SFB) and Memphis (MEM).
- Which Orlando airport has nonstop flights to Memphis?
- You can leave from 2 Orlando airports: MCO (Orlando International) on Southwest; SFB (Orlando Sanford International) on Allegiant.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Orlando to Memphis?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Orlando to Memphis.
- How far is Memphis from Orlando?
- Memphis is about 684 miles from Orlando 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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