KMEM Runway 18L/36R — Memphis International Airport

Oct 29, 2026 (airport-local day): 1 configuration change since local midnight, from the D-ATIS broadcasts ATIS Alerts recorded. A change is a different arrival or departure set; a new ATIS letter with the same runways is folded into the row it belongs to. The history section below counts the same way over rolling windows.

1. 05:06Z12:06 AM CDT(in effect since before the day began)

   1.8 h
   Arrivals

   18L18R

   Departures

   18C
   ATIS: Hotel → IndiaSouth flowIn effect at the start of the day
2. 06:54Z1:54 AM CDT

   3.2 h · current
   Arrivals

   27

   Departures

   18R18C18L27
   ATIS: Juliett → Kilo → Lima → MikeWest flowFlow changed: South → West · Arrivals +27 −18L, 18R · Departures +18R, 18L, 27

Time · runway 18L/36R · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now1006Z · 5:06 AM CDT·18L/36R: 18L in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 27 · departures 18R · 18C · 18L · 27·stated·wind 160° at 7 kt
2. +1 h1106Z · 6:06 AM CDT·18L/36R: not favored·airport-wide likely 36L·North flow·Low 55%·wind 140° at 4 kt·Why TAF wind 140° at 4 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 36L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|That would be a change from the current 27 configuration.
3. +2 h1206Z · 7:06 AM CDT·18L/36R: not favored·airport-wide likely 36L·North flow·Low 55%·wind 140° at 4 kt·Why TAF wind 140° at 4 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 36L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|That would be a change from the current 27 configuration.
4. +3 h1306Z · 8:06 AM CDT·18L/36R: not favored·airport-wide likely 36L·North flow·Low 55%·wind 140° at 4 kt·Why TAF wind 140° at 4 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 36L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|That would be a change from the current 27 configuration.
5. +6 h1606Z · 11:06 AM CDT·18L/36R: not favored·airport-wide likely 36L·North flow·Low 55%·wind 140° at 4 kt·Why TAF wind 140° at 4 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 36L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|That would be a change from the current 27 configuration.
6. +12 h2206Z · 5:06 PM CDT·18L/36R: not favored·airport-wide likely 36L·North flow·Low 55%·wind 140° at 4 kt·Why TAF wind 140° at 4 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 36L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|That would be a change from the current 27 configuration.

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast, runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties), the current stated configuration and any stated closures; recorded D-ATIS use since Sep 18, 2026 (720 h) is an input wherever a wind sector has 24 h on record. Each row lists its reasons; “no runway favored” is a genuine answer under variable or light wind, never replaced by a guess. It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement or traffic flow unless the recorded history shows them. TAF issued 0905Z (4:05 AM CDT).

Source: FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle effective 2026-10-01 (equipment on record) · FAA NOTAMs via SWIM (live)and the current D-ATIS (outages). “Not available” means the FAA record lists no such equipment for the end; nothing here is inferred. An outage annotation is only ever a reading of the official text shown with it. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

The current D-ATIS does not state LAHSO in effect. Source: FAA NASR cycle 2026-10-01; D-ATIS text read by ATIS Alerts.

Rows marked “Runway 18L/36R” are sectorized to this runway complex in the FAA record; “Airport-wide” rows serve every runway. Source: FAA NASR FRQ, cycle 2026-10-01. Verify on the current chart supplement before use.

Length

9,000 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Concrete · Good condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 120k · D 250k · 2D 550k · 2D/2D2 1120k

PCN

1207

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

341 ft

Published FAA baseline

Open

Published NASR record; does not reflect temporary closures or restrictions. Current operational status is the card at the top of the page.

Runway 18L/36R numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic headings use the FAA's published variation for this airport, 1.0°W (2020), the same value printed on the FAA airport diagram. Surface condition, treatment, weight bearing, thresholds and traffic pattern are from the FAA NASR record (cycle 2026-10-01); lighting, ILS and LAHSO are in their own sections above. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

Runway percentages are measured independently. Multiple runways can be active simultaneously, so totals may exceed 100%.

Observed runway usage — 720 hours of D-ATIS runway configuration history collected · 51 distinct configurations observed · 934 D-ATIS broadcasts recorded · through Oct 29, 2026. Shares are the fraction of recorded hours in which the D-ATIS named each end. Wind sectors use the wind reported when each configuration began. Nothing here is inferred from wind; the wind-favored analysis for KMEM is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

39 departure procedures · 13 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · LAHSO page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.