Direct Flights from Pensacola to Memphis
Memphis · Tennessee
Nonstop service from PNS to MEM on Breeze. 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, Pensacola among them.
How long to go to Memphis for, from Pensacola
1h 15m in the air, 355 miles: short enough that a single night in Memphis is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 3 or 4 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
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 Pensacola
5° cooler than Pensacola on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Memphis 51°F · Pensacola 62°F · 11° colder
- April
- Memphis 73°F · Pensacola 77°F · 4° colder
- July
- Memphis 92°F · Pensacola 91°F · much the same
- October
- Memphis 75°F · Pensacola 80°F · 5° colder
Memphis also swings harder through the year than Pensacola does — 41° between its coldest and warmest months against 29°.
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 Pensacola to Memphis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Pensacola (PNS) to Memphis (MEM) on Breeze.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Pensacola to Memphis?
- Breeze flies nonstop between Pensacola (PNS) and Memphis (MEM).
- How far is Memphis from Pensacola?
- Memphis is about 355 miles from Pensacola by air.
- How many days can I spend in Memphis flying from Pensacola?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 3 or 4 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- 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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