Originally Posted by
youngdlplat
Although the MEM passenger terminal is not great, the airport itself has remarkable infrastructure. I believe MEM has 4 runways, maybe more. Few airports have as much capacity. This is because of Fedex, but the airport's ability to handle traffic without delays is exceptional.
4 runways is not a particularly large number these days. CVG and MSP also have 4. ATL has 5. DTW and DEN have 6. ORD and DFW have 7. There's a bit more complexity here depending on runway configurations, number of parallel runways, and length, but MEM is definitely nothing special.