Collierville is on the list because MEM is reachable and busy. 86 scheduled nonstop destinations and 20 operating carriers mean the desk is rarely stuck for a routing, and 38 minutes of road means you are rarely too far to take it. Those two facts together are the whole reason Collierville has a page of its own.
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On Board Courier, Collierville
Time critical hand carry assignments from Collierville. One consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature, 38 minutes between your front door and the check in desk at MEM.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inCollierville, Tennessee
Nearest gateMEM · Memphis
Drive to the aircraft35 km · 38 minutes
Nonstop from MEM86 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
You will usually know the day before, sometimes only in the morning. The desk sends the routing out of MEM, the sealed consignment reaches you or you collect it, and the drive of 38 minutes is timed backwards from the check in deadline rather than the departure. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of ORD, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real.
Getting to the aircraft from Collierville
Measured door to terminal, Collierville to MEM is 35 km and 38 minutes. That is the number the desk uses when it decides whether to call Collierville for a departure this evening.
At 38 minutes the desk will normally ask you to leave Collierville about three hours before departure, more if the routing needs a bag drop cut off. One gate, 38 minutes away, and no second option. That is worth knowing before you join the Collierville list, and it is why the MEM board matters so much on this page.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM | Memphis | 35 km | 38 minutes | 86 |
Collierville is a city of 49,000 people in Tennessee, and the clock there runs 9 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 10 in winter. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What MEM reaches without a change
The relevant question about MEM is not how big it is but what it flies. 86 nonstop destinations across 1 countries, and the ones with real frequency are listed here.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Atlanta | Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Delta Air Lines, Turkish Airlines |
| ORD | Chicago | Chicago O'Hare | about 9 departures a day | 4 operators: American Airlines, United Airlines |
| DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas-Fort Worth | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: American Airlines |
| LGA | New York | New York La Guardia | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| CLT | Charlotte | Charlotte Douglas | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: American Airlines |
| IAH | Houston | Houston George Bush | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: United Airlines |
| DEN | Denver | Denver | about 5 departures a day | 4 operators: American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines |
| MSP | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Wold-Chamberlain | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines |
| BNA | Nashville | Nashville | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Southwest Airlines |
| DTW | Detroit | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Delta Air Lines |
Counting every airport a courier in Collierville can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 86 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Collierville
This site publishes an industrial register for some airports and not for MEM. Rather than invent one, the honest statement is that Collierville produces the traffic every working city produces: signed originals, spare parts, samples and small valuables that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Collierville is useful to the desk
Most of what the desk moves out of Tennessee is small, sealed and late. The constraint is never the size, it is finding a person near enough to MEM. Collierville is near enough: 38 minutes to MEM, on a board with 86 nonstop destinations.
There is no nonstop between MEM and the Emirates, and this page says so rather than implying otherwise. From Collierville the best single change is Chicago (ORD), and ORD to AUH is flown by Etihad Airways, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 17m gate to gate, so an assignment between Collierville and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the United States list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Collierville
Memphis37 km away, MEM in 21 minutesJackson100 km away, MEM in 1 hour 50 minutesJonesboro130 km away, MEM in 1 hour 37 minutesColumbia, Tennessee247 km away, BNA in 1 hourDecatur249 km away, BNA in 2 hours 15 minutesClarksville266 km away, BNA in 1 hour 10 minutesFranklin271 km away, BNA in 32 minutesHuntsville283 km away, BNA in 2 hours 16 minutesNashville289 km away, BNA in 19 minutesHendersonville309 km away, BNA in 35 minutesMurfreesboro310 km away, BNA in 38 minutesBowling Green362 km away, BNA in 1 hour 28 minutes
All 370 United States cities are listed on the United States courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of MEM, between the United States and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 38 minutes drive to MEM. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach MEM, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Collierville list
01How far is Collierville from MEM?
About 38 minutes, 35 km by road. The desk has that number for every city on the list and uses it to decide who gets called for a departure out of MEM tonight.
02What can I reach from Collierville without a change of aircraft?
MEM serves 86 airports nonstop across 1 countries with 20 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Collierville can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 86 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Collierville to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Collierville the best single change is Chicago (ORD), and ORD to AUH is flown by Etihad Airways, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 17m gate to gate, so an assignment between Collierville and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. The desk is in Dubai and the company is Emirati, but the courier list is worldwide and Collierville is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. The Collierville list is free to join and free to stay on. The only money that moves from you to us is the AED 199 Academy, paid once, and it comes back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
One assignment out of MEM, one fee, agreed in advance. The 38 minutes you spend driving there is part of what that figure is calculated on.
Apply to fly out of MEM
If you can be at MEM within 38 minutes and you have a passport with room in it, the rest is a conversation.
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