The city is a national transportation hub and Mississippi River crossing for Interstate 40, ( east-west ), Interstate 55 ( north-south ), barge traffic, Memphis International Airport ( FedEx's " SuperHub " facility ) and numerous freight railroads that serve the city.

Memphis is also home to several film festivals, the Indie Memphis Film Festival, Outflix, and the Memphis International Film and Music Festival.

The Memphis International Film and Music Festival is held in April and is in its 11th year and takes place at Malco's Ridgeway Four.

Formerly titled the W. C. Handy Awards, the International Blues Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation ( headquartered in Memphis ) for Blues music achievement, with weeklong competitions and an awards banquet including a night of performance and celebration.

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

Memphis is the home of three Fortune 500 companies: FedEx, AutoZone, and International Paper.

Memphis International Airport is the global " SuperHub " of FedEx Express, the world's largest airline in terms of freight tons flown, and has the second largest cargo operations by volume of any airport worldwide, surpassed only by Hong Kong's international airport.

Memphis International is also a secondary hub of Delta Air Lines and had 4, 930, 000 boarding passengers in 2010.

Memphis International Airport has seen declining passenger and aircraft movements due to cutbacks by Delta Air Lines at the airport.

The International Port of Memphis covers both the Tennessee and Arkansas sides of the Mississippi River from river mile 725 ( km 1167 ) to mile 740 ( km 1191 ).

Parra has production credits in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D. C .; at Florida Stage ( Palm Beach ), The Hartford Stage ( Hartford, Connecticut ), Theatre Memphis, at the Cape Playhouse ( Cape Cod ); George Street Playhouse, Florida Rep, and, at the Edinburgh International Festival.

* Memphis International Raceway

The International Port of Memphis lies just across the Mississippi River via 20px Interstate 55.

The International Port of Memphis is the 4th largest inland port in the United States.

Elsewhere, the Oblivians from Memphis, Billy Childish and The Buff Medways from Britain, The ( International ) Noise Conspiracy from Sweden, and The 5. 6. 7. 8's from Japan, enjoyed underground, regional or national success.

Other products of the Detroit rock scene included ; The Von Bondies, Electric 6, The Dirtbombs and The Detroit Cobras Elsewhere, other acts such as Billy Childish and The Buff Medways from Chatham, England, The ( International ) Noise Conspiracy from Umeå, Sweden, The 5. 6. 7. 8's from Tokyo, Japan, and Jay Reatard and the Oblivians from Memphis, USA enjoyed moderate underground success and appeal.

Bishop Mason established the annual gathering of the saints that became known as the " International Holy Convocation " to be held in Memphis, Tennessee for twenty days beginning on November 25 and concluding on December 14.

For the first time since the establishment of COGIC, due to its size and growth to more than 50, 000 delegates, the 103rd International Holy Convocation met outside of Memphis, TN in the city of St. Louis, MO.

The current International Sunday School Superintendent is Bishop Alton Gatlin of Crowley, LA and the International Field Representative in Mother Georgia Macklin Lowe of Memphis, TN.

The International Youth President is Elder Linwood Dillard of Memphis, TN and The International Chairlady is Evangelist Joyce Rogers of Denton, TX.

Marion is served for General Aviation by the West Memphis Municipal Airport ( KAWM ).

General DeWitt Spain Airport is a civil aviation airport just north of downtown Memphis.

* A Memphis Business Journal report on expansion at Tunica Municipal Airport and its expected impact

Greenwood is served by Greenwood-Leflore Airport ( GWO ) to the east and is located midway between Jackson, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, and about halfway between Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.

Airline service is nearby at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport in Jackson, and Milan is within a few hours of the larger airports at Memphis and Nashville.

A military air traffic controller works approach control in Carrier Air Traffic Control Center ( CATTC ) aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ( CVN-72 ) | USS Abraham Lincoln ( CVN 72 ). Civilian air traffic controllers, Memphis International Airport, 1962 Most countries ' armed forces employ air traffic controllers, often in most if not all branches of the forces.

It also surpassed Memphis International Airport to become the world's busiest airport by cargo traffic.

Memphis International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three miles ( 5 km ) south of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

Memphis International Airport is home to the main FedEx Express global " SuperHub ", which processes a significant portion of the freight carrier's packages.

Memphis International Airport fell into second position worldwide in 2010, following Hong Kong, it remained one of the busiest cargo airport in the United States.

Memphis Municipal Airport opened on a plot of farmland just over seven miles ( 10 km ) from downtown Memphis.

Memphis Municipal Airport 1962, looking north from the then-new control tower

Memphis International Airport covers an area of which contains four paved runways:

Old ( left ) and new ( right ) control tower at Memphis International Airport

Three expansions since opening have made IND home to the second largest hub in the world for FedEx behind only the world hub at Memphis International Airport.

* December 16 – A Learjet 24B flying from Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee, to Addison, Texas, overshoots its destination.

* Cargo airlines ; for example, most UPS Airlines flights travel through its " Worldport " at Louisville International Airport, and a significant portion of FedEx Express parcels are processed at its " SuperHub " at Memphis International Airport.

Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.

Even when he is on the way to Memphis you will still have the promise resting inside you like a gift, and it is he inside of you.

He visited the ruins of Babylon and the subterranean secret of Memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of Arabia — the Roba El Khaliyeh or " Empty Space " of the ancients — and " Dahna " or " Crimson " desert of the modern Arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death.

Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza and Fustat which are nearby to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.

Churches Uniting in Christ ( CUIC ) is an ecumenical organization that brings together ten mainline American denominations ( including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches ), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002 in Memphis, TN on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.

There is reference on a Greek papyrus from 163 BCE to the procedure being conducted on girls in Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital, and Strabo ( c. 64 BCE – c. 23 CE ), the Greek geographer, reported it when he visited Egypt in 25 BCE.

There are also recordings featuring the harmonica in jug bands, of which the Memphis Jug Band is the most famous.

Along with Texas, Memphis & North and South Carolina, Kansas City is a " world capital of barbecue.

Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States.

For comparison, note that traditional first-past-the-post would elect Memphis, even though most citizens consider it the worst choice, because 42 % is larger than any other single city.

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek.

Given that the decree was issued at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, rather than Alexandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptolemies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active support.

" 100 Miles from Memphis ( released July 20 on A & M Records ), the distance from her hometown to the music mecca, is an ode to her formative memories of music-and one that the label hopes can inspire young music fans to investigate the landscape beyond processed pop and Auto-Tune.

Tennessee is known for its country ham and Memphis, TN is known for several famous barbecue restaurants and a major barbecue cooking competition held in May.

** Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

* c. 3100 BC — According to the legend, Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.

Dunavant Enterprises, based in Memphis, Tennessee, is the leading cotton broker in Africa, with hundreds of purchasing agents.

Memphis barbecue is best known for tomato-and vinegar-based sauces.

In some Memphis establishments and in Kentucky, meat is rubbed with dry seasoning ( dry rubs ) and smoked over hickory wood without sauce ; the finished barbecue is then served with barbecue sauce on the side.

A popular item in North Carolina and Memphis is the pulled pork sandwich served on a bun and often topped with coleslaw.

* The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is held annually in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Memphis in May festival.