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Article: Memphis International Airport to Open World Runway.
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- September 20, 2000
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Fourth Runway Will Enhance MEM's Position as Nation's
#1 On-Time Hub Airport and World's #1 Air Cargo Airport
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ --
Memphis International Airport (MEM) will open its new two-mile-long World Runway(TM) at 10 a.m. CDT Friday, September 22, 2000, with an inaugural ceremony.
The $110-million runway will permit fully loaded, wide-bodied air cargo and passenger planes to fly nonstop to most of the developed world, according to Larry Cox, President and CEO of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. The runway will eliminate the need for planes to make refueling stops before reaching their final ...