Direct Flights from Washington to Memphis
Memphis · Tennessee
Nonstop service from DCA and BWI to MEM on American, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Washington 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 ↗DCAMEMRonald Reagan Washington National
- Find flights ↗BWIMEMBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
How rare is this nonstop?
30 cities have a nonstop to Memphis, Washington among them.
How long to go to Memphis for, from Washington
2h in the air, 761 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Memphis. Two nights works.
With roughly 4 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 Washington
6° warmer than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Memphis 51°F · Washington 43°F · 8° warmer
- April
- Memphis 73°F · Washington 67°F · 6° warmer
- July
- Memphis 92°F · Washington 88°F · 4° warmer
- October
- Memphis 75°F · Washington 68°F · 7° warmer
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 Washington to Memphis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (DCA, BWI) to Memphis (MEM) on American, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Memphis?
- American, Southwest fly nonstop between Washington (DCA, BWI) and Memphis (MEM).
- Which Washington airport has nonstop flights to Memphis?
- You can leave from 2 Washington airports: DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American; BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Memphis?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 28 per week) from Washington to Memphis.
- How far is Memphis from Washington?
- Memphis is about 761 miles from Washington 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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