Originally Posted by
Seahawk_6
MEM (home base for me) is a decent airport...easy to find your way around, small enough that you can quickly go from one end to the other. Decent local food options (Interstate BBQ). But IMO you don't want to do longer than a 1-hour layover here. Climate control in the terminals sucks and the gates are not comfortable at all.
I always find it hilarious to watch the John Grisham movie "The Firm", filmed in 1992-1993, and see the airport scene (when the Chicago mob guys arrive in MEM). Nothing has changed, the airport still looks exactly the same.
Sorry to hijack this thread from its original DTW subject line, but in response to the above post:
MEM is my "home hub" (no choice but to use it to/from GPT unless I fly non-NW), and I agree with your assessment re Interstate BBQ and your "The Firm" reference (lol), but they DID update the food/vendor courts within the last 1.5 years...much better than before (except that there is not nearly enough seating at the main food court during the 3 daily flight blocks). And you can get your Interstate BBQ fix at 2 locations: by B27 and also by B17.
I must also admit that for a "near-major" hub, MEM does a pretty remarkable job at getting flights down and up on or near schedule...there's seldom a long ground delay a la EWR or other "notorious" hubs.