Collierville provides timely and cost-effective access to runway, river, rail, and roads. There may be no region in America that offers as many fast and effective ways to move freight to and from so many places… And because Tennessee is regarded as very business-friendly you have a perfect environment for business success.

 Runway

Memphis International Airport (MEM), home of FedEx, is the world's busiest air cargo airport.  Businesses located in the region, have full access to some of the latest drop-off times for overnight shipping in the country.  Additionally, Memphis International Airport is home to the world's largest mail processing center, 3rd largest UPS sorting center in the U.S. and largest National Guard Facility in the country. From a passenger air travel perspective, Allegiant, American Airlines, Breeze, Delta Airlines, Frontier, Southern Airways Express, Southwest Airlines, Spirit and Vacation Express currently offer air service from MEM. The busiest domestic routes from MEM are Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX; and, Chicago, IL.

 River

The Memphis economy was originally built around the Mississippi River and this vital component to our economy is still a critical access tool today. Easily accessible from Collierville, Memphis boasts the 2nd largest inland port on the Mississippi River and the 4th largest inland port in the U.S.

 Rail

The Memphis MSA region is serviced by five Class One rail systems. Union Pacific (UP), BNSF Railway (BNSF), CSX Corporation (CSX), Canadian National Railroad (CN) and Norfolk Southern (NS) all operate state-of-the-art facilities in the Memphis area. Norfolk Southern’s  Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville, TN, is located only five miles from the Collierville town line.

 Roads

Collierville is strategically located in the southeast corner of Shelby County, at the crossroads of highways I-269, US Highway 72 and SR-385, positioning Collierville as one of the most accessible locations in the Mid-South. Interstate I-40, the key east-west transportation corridor in the U.S., can be accessed in less than fifteen minutes from Collierville, and I-55 in less than 30 minutes.  Additionally, seven U.S. Highways intersect in Memphis: Highways 51, 61, 64, 70, 72, 78 and 79.

  The Digital Delta

A regional Memphis coalition is building the Digital Delta, a new urban-rural innovation district driven by applied technologies. The districts focus on accelerating growth in these targeted industry clusters: agri-business and food, medical device and healthcare technology, supply chain and logistics, and electric vehicles and sustainable mobility. Collierville’s Fed Ex World Technology Center is an example of the power of the Digital Delta at work.