Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Wold-Chamberlain Field
IATA: MSP ICAO: KMSP FAA LID: MSP WMO: 72658
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Metropolitan Airports Commission
Serves	Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Location	Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.
Hub for	Delta Air Lines Sun Country Airlines
Elevation AMSL	841 ft / 256 m
Coordinates	44°52′55″N 093°13′18″W
Website	www.mspairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
MSP Location within Minnesota MSP MSP (the United States) MSP MSP (North America)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 11,006 3,355 Concrete 12R/30L 10,000 3,048 Concrete 12L/30R 8,200 2,499 Concrete 17/35 8,000 2,438 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 38,034,341 Traffic Movements 416,213 Based Aircraft 179
Source: Passenger & Traffic Movements from MSP Airport.; Runways and Based Aircraft from FAA

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (IATA: MSP, ICAO: KMSP, FAA LID: MSP), also, less commonly known as Wold–Chamberlain Field, is a joint civil-military public use international airport. Located in a portion of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, within 10 miles (16 km) of both downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul, it is the largest and busiest airport in the six-state Upper Midwest region of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The airport is mostly in the census-designated place of Fort Snelling in an unincorporated portion of Hennepin County. Small sections of the airport are within the city limits of Minneapolis and Richfield. However, per Minnesota state law, the land on which the airport sits is not part of any city or school district.

The airport was named Best Airport in North America among air terminals that serve 25 to 40 million passengers annually, the second largest category, in 2016 and 2017 by The Airports Council International. The airport generates an estimated $15.9 billion a year for the Twin Cities’ economy and supports 87,000 workers.

MSP airport in 2009 looking towards the northeast.

In terms of passengers, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was the 17th busiest airport in the United States as of 2016 and the 49th busiest in the world in 2016. A joint civil-military airport, MSP is also home to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Joint Air Reserve Station, supporting both Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard flight operations.

Of all the passengers that fly through MSP, 40% of them are connecting from other cities with a layover at MSP and 60% originate at the airport. Airlines out of MSP serve 163 nonstop markets from the airport, including 136 domestic and 27 international markets. Internationally, Delta flies to four trans-oceanic destinations year round: Amsterdam, London Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, and Tokyo–Haneda, with an additional seasonal trans-oceanic flight to Reykjavík–Keflavík. Both Delta and Sun Country serve many cities throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Canada, and Mexico with seasonal or year-round service. Air France has seasonal service to Charles de Gaulle Airport and Condor Airlines flies to Frankfurt seasonally. Icelandair has year-round service to Keflavík. KLM resumed year-round service to Amsterdam in March 2017 and subsequently started MSP's first Boeing 787 service in October 2017. Compared to other large metropolitan areas in the United States, only Atlanta and Denver serve more non-stop markets per capita.

MSP is the second largest hub airport for Delta Air Lines and its Delta Connection partners. Compass Airlines and Endeavor Air have their official headquarters nearby. It also serves as the home airport for Minnesota-based Sun Country. Northwest had a hub at the airport until its 2010 merger with Delta Air Lines and the Delta Connection partner Mesaba Airlines was also headquartered nearby until December 2011 as it completed its merger with Pinnacle Airlines. Delta Air Lines accounts for more than 70% of the airport's passenger traffic. The airport is operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which also handles the operation of six smaller airports in the region.

History

The airport came into being when several local groups came together to take control of the former bankrupt Twin City Speedway race track, giving the airport its original name, Speedway Field. Soon after, in 1921, the airport was renamed "Wold–Chamberlain Field" for the World War I pilots Ernest Groves Wold and Cyrus Foss Chamberlain. Howard Hughes briefly stopped at Wold–Chamberlain Field on his round the world flight in 1938. In 1944 the site was renamed to "Minneapolis–St. Paul Metropolitan Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Field", with "International" replacing "Metropolitan" four years later. Today it is rare to see the Wold–Chamberlain portion of the name used anywhere.

MSP was the main base for Northwest Airlines starting in 1926 and became the main base of regional carrier North Central Airlines in 1952. North Central merged with Southern Airways to form Republic Airlines in 1979; Republic then merged with Northwest in 1986. The combined carrier came to control 79% of traffic at the airport, and merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010.

Ground was broken for the current Charles Lindbergh terminal building on October 26, 1958. The US $8.5 million, 600,000 square foot (56,000 m²) terminal with 24 gates on two concourses was designed by Lyle George Landstrom who worked for Cerny Associates and completed on January 13, 1962 and operations began on January 21, 1962. Piers A and D (formerly the Green and Gold Concourses, now Concourse C and Concourse G respectively) were built as an expansion of the terminal designed by Cerny Associates in 1970. This project also involved rebuilding the existing concourses into bi-level structures equipped with holding rooms and jet bridges. It handles airlines such as Delta, United and others. The Gold Concourse was expanded in 1986 and included the airport's first moving walkway.

In 1970, MSP served as the primary filming location for the film Airport, though the film presented the airport as a fictional Chicago-based Lincoln International. Ironically, MSP was selected in part for notorious winter climate, yet the filming period remained stubbornly fair-weathered, forcing film crews to employ copious amounts of fake snow. As filming had to take place during normal airport operations, several features of the airport itself, such as the color-based labeling of different concourses, were present in the movie. This labeling system was replaced beginning in 2000 with the more familiar system of lettered concourses.

Due in part to the impact of aircraft noise on south Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, Northwest Airlines and others had proposed moving out of MSP and building a new airport on the fringes of the Twin Cities metro area to handle more large jets and more international traffic. Minneapolis and other neighboring cities were concerned that such a move would have a negative economic impact, so an arrangement was made where the Metropolitan Airports Commission would outfit many homes in the vicinity of the airport with sound insulation and air conditioning so that indoor noise could be reduced. A citizen group named ROAR (Residents Opposed to Airport Racket) was created in 1998 and helped push the MAC to make these concessions. Later, in 2004, the MAC voted to reduce funding for the soundproofing projects, stating in part that the economic climate had turned in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak, who had been a founding member of ROAR, promised that the city would challenge the funding changes.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Terminal was built in 2001. It is used mostly for charter and low cost airlines, including Minnesota based Sun Country and Southwest, but is also used for Condor and Icelandair. The Terminal has since been expanded and has a total of 14 gates.

Concourses A and B opened on June 1, 2002 as part of a $250 million terminal expansion designed by Minneapolis-based Architectural Alliance. The final component of the project included a $17.5 million extension of Concourse C consisting of six additional gates, which opened on October 31, 2002.

Icelandair started service to Minneapolis-St. Paul from Reykjavik in 1998. Northwest operated flights from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Hong Kong and Osaka in 1998 using 747-400 aircraft, but were dropped in the same year. Northwest also operated Minneapolis-St. Paul to Oslo and Frankfurt service using DC-10 aircraft, but they too were dropped. From the early 1990s and to 2000s (decade), KLM operated 747 and MD-11 service from Amsterdam to Minneapolis-St. Paul. In part because of the Delta/KLM joint venture, KLM has not served Minneapolis-St. Paul with its own aircraft since 2004, but reintroduced the service in March 2017. Beginning in the summer of 2013 Air France commenced non-stop seasonal flights from Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul using Airbus A340-300 aircraft. Condor Airlines also began non-stop seasonal service to Minneapolis-St. Paul from Frankfurt in the summer of 2014 using 767-300's.

By May 2012, Great Lakes Airlines was adding services to small communities that had been ended by the legacy carriers earlier in the airport's history. Hub status was removed February 1, 2014 due to the lack of qualified pilots.

The TSA typically screens about 34,000 people at MSP daily and screens about 18,000 checked bags. The airports current record for passengers and bags was set on February 5, 2018 which was the day after Super Bowl LII. That record is 60,883 passengers screened at TSA checkpoints and 34,368 checked bags screened. For the event, the TSA brought in more than 100 additional agents and 20 canines to MSP for the expected number of passengers.

Facilities

MSP Entrance

Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 and 757-200 at MSP

Delta Ticketing/Check-In at Terminal 1

Concourse C

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport has two terminals with a total of 131 gates, both of which were named for famous Minnesotans: the Lindbergh Terminal 1 (named after the aviator Charles Lindbergh) and the smaller Humphrey Terminal 2 (named for former US Vice President Hubert Humphrey).

Lindbergh Terminal 1 officially has seven concourses, lettered A–G, although they are all interconnected.

The Humphrey Terminal 2 consists entirely of Concourse H. The old Humphrey Terminal 2, built in 1986, was rebuilt in 2001 to expand capacity and give passengers a more seamless experience.

Like many other airports, MSP interconnects with several other forms of transportation. Several large parking ramps are available for cars. Most other connections are made at the Hub Building and adjacent Transit Center, which has city and shuttle bus, taxi, light-rail and rental car service. Two trams (people movers) are at the airport. One carries passengers from the main section of Lindbergh Terminal 1 to the Hub Building and another runs along Concourse C in that terminal.

The airport is near Fort Snelling, the site of one of the earliest United States government settlements in the area. Both the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers flow nearby. Minnesota State Highway 5 provides the closest entrance to the Lindbergh Terminal 1, just a short distance from Interstate 494. The Humphrey Terminal 2 is accessed via the 34th Avenue exit from I-494, which runs past Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Delta Air Lines has hangars arranged along I-494 and 34th Avenue, so it's possible to see airliners undergoing maintenance while driving past.

Delta Airlines jets parked at Concourse C

The METRO light rail Blue Line has stops at both the Hub Building Terminal 1 (Lindbergh Station) and Terminal 2 Humphrey Terminal (Humphrey Station). It connects the airport with downtown Minneapolis as well as with the Mall of America in nearby Bloomington and operates as a shuttle service between the two airport terminals. Travelers can use the rail line to go between the two sites at all times; it is the only part of the line that operates continuously through the night (the rest shuts down for about four hours early in the morning). Two parallel tunnels for the line run roughly 70 feet (20 meters) below the airport and at 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in length are the longest tunnels on the route. The Lindbergh Terminal 1 station is the only one underground on the line, as the rails return to the surface near Humphrey Terminal 2. Due to current concerns about terrorism, a great deal of effort went into ensuring that the tunnels are highly blast-resistant. The underground portion was the costliest section of the entire rail project.

Runways

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport covers 2,930 acres (1,186 ha) and has four runways, all with high intensity lights.

Number	Length	Width	Condition	Surface	Frequency
4/22	11,006 feet (3,355 m)	150 feet (46 m)	Good	Concrete	126.700
12R/30L	10,000 feet (3,048 m)	200 feet (61 m)	Excellent	Concrete	126.700
12L/30R	8,200 feet (2,499 m)	150 feet (46 m)	Good	Concrete	123.950
17/35	8,000 feet (2,438 m)	150 feet (46 m)	Excellent	Concrete	123.675

Runway 17/35 opened in October 2005. Prior to that time, a number of buildings (including several hangars and the City of Richfield's Rich Acres Golf Course) were demolished to make way for the runway protection zone of the new runway. Aircraft approaching Runway 35 fly slightly east of the Mall of America, overfly Interstate 494 and land seconds later. Due to noise concerns from south Minneapolis, between August 13, 2007 and October 18, 2007, Runway 17/35 was used regularly during construction on Runway 12R/30L.

Airport lounges

Armed Forces Service Center is an all free lounge for traveling military which includes Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard personnel and their dependents, as well as Department of Defense and PHS employees (on orders) and other members of the uniformed services on active duty. The center is located in Terminal 1 on the mezzanine level above the main ticket area by checkpoint 1.

Delta Air Lines offers two Sky Clubs. Both are located in Terminal 1. One is located near the entrance to the F and G concourses. The second is located on the C concourse, near Gate C12.

Escape Lounge is a club that is open to all passengers for a fee. It is located in Terminal 1 on the mezzanine level of the Airport Mall.

PGA MSP Lounge is a members only club. It is located in Terminal 1 at the north end of the Airport Mall's mezzanine level at the intersection of concourses C, D & E.

United Airlines has a United Club in Terminal 1 between gates E6 and E8.

Hotel (on-site)

InterContinental Hotels has signed on to be the first full service on-site hotel at the airport with 291 rooms on 12 floors. Originally intended to be open for Super Bowl LII in 2018, the hotel is now expected to open sometime in the summer of 2018. The new hotel will be skyway connected to the airport with its own security checkpoint. The hotel will also have an "observation bar" on the top floor. It will have floor to ceiling windows with views of both downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul. It will also have sweeping views of the Minnesota River, Mississippi River and the entire airport.

Other buildings

Delta Air Lines Building C is located on the property of Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and in Fort Snelling. Delta uses it for northern and regional operations. The building is located along 34th Avenue, which is the main access point to the airport terminals from Interstate 494, and across from the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Building C is in a public access area of the airport, so visitors are not required to undergo security checks to access it. In 2009, as Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merged, Delta removed all employees from Building A, the previous headquarters of Northwest in Eagan and all employees who remained in Minneapolis were moved to Building C, which was renovated and Building J. Facilities within the building include the Compass Airlines corporate headquarters, which moved there on December 16, 2009 and Delta SkyBonus offices. Endeavor Air is also headquartered in Building C. In 2013 Delta announced that the former Pinnacle Airlines, which became Endeavor, would move its headquarters from Memphis to MSP Airport and that it would occupy five stories.

Prior to its disestablishment, Republic Airlines (1979–1986) had its headquarters in Building C. The Regional Elite Airline Services headquarters were in Building C.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Air Canada Express	Toronto–Pearson
Air Choice One	Fort Dodge, Ironwood, Mason City
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Alaska Airlines	Portland (OR), San Diego, San Francisco (ends May 19, 2018), Seattle/Tacoma
American Airlines	Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
American Eagle	Chicago–O'Hare, Miami, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington–National
Boutique Air	Thief River Falls
Condor	Seasonal: Frankfurt
Delta Air Lines	Amsterdam, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Billings, Bismarck, Boise, Boston, Bozeman, Buffalo, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Columbus–Glenn, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fargo, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston–Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Missoula, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Omaha, Orange County, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Raleigh/Durham, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Sioux Falls, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Tokyo–Haneda, Washington–Dulles, Washington–National, Winnipeg Seasonal: Albany, Albuquerque, Appleton, Aruba, Calgary, Chicago–Midway, Cleveland, Cozumel, Duluth, Edmonton, Fairbanks, Grand Cayman, Green Bay, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Jackson Hole, Jacksonville (FL), Kalispell, Liberia (CR), Mazatlán, Montego Bay, Nassau, Palm Springs, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Rapid City, Reno/Tahoe, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rochester (NY), Saskatoon, San Antonio, San José del Cabo, San Juan, South Bend, Syracuse, Traverse City, Toronto–Pearson, Tucson, Vancouver, West Palm Beach
Delta Connection	Aberdeen (SD), Appleton, Austin, Baltimore, Bemidji, Billings, Bismarck, Bloomington/Normal, Boise, Brainerd, Buffalo, Calgary, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Charlotte, Chicago–Midway, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Des Moines, Duluth, Edmonton, Fargo, Fayetteville/Bentonville, Flint, Fort Wayne, Grand Forks, Grand Rapids, Great Falls, Green Bay, Hartford, Helena, Hibbing/Chisholm, Houston–Intercontinental, International Falls, Iron Mountain, Kalamazoo, Kalispell, Kansas City, Knoxville, La Crosse, Lansing, Lexington, Lincoln, Louisville, Madison, Marquette, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minot, Missoula, Moline/Quad Cities, Montréal–Trudeau, Mosinee, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Peoria, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Rapid City, Rhinelander, Richmond, Rochester (MN), Rochester (NY), Saginaw, San Antonio, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie (MI), Sioux Falls, South Bend, St. Louis, Syracuse, Toronto–Pearson, Tri-Cities (WA), Tulsa, Vancouver, Washington–Dulles, Wichita, Williston, Winnipeg Seasonal: Albany, Aspen, Harlingen, Idaho Falls, Indianapolis, Norfolk, Savannah, Spokane, Traverse City, Washington–National
Frontier Airlines	Denver Seasonal: Austin, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Fort Myers, Long Island/Islip, Orlando, Tampa, Trenton
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
JetBlue Airways	Boston (begins May 3, 2018)
KLM	Amsterdam
Southwest Airlines	Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Dallas–Love (begins June 3, 2018), Denver, Kansas City, Nashville, Oakland (begins July 15, 2018), Phoenix–Sky Harbor, St. Louis Seasonal: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa
Spirit Airlines	Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Orlando Seasonal: Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Fort Myers, Houston–Intercontinental, Myrtle Beach, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa
Sun Country Airlines	Boston, Cancún, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma Seasonal: Anchorage, Aruba, Austin, Cozumel, Gulfport/Biloxi, Harlingen, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Laughlin/Bullhead City, Liberia (CR), Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Miami, Montego Bay, Myrtle Beach, Palm Springs, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, St. Thomas, San José del Cabo, St. Maarten, Santa Rosa, San Juan, Savannah, Tampa, Tucson, West Palm Beach Charter: Fort Lauderdale, Laughlin/Bullhead City, Quad City International Airport
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco
United Express	Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles
Xtra Airways	Charter: Elko, Wendover

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation	Cincinnati, Detroit, Omaha, Thief River Falls, Winnipeg
FedEx Express	Appleton, Chicago–O'Hare, Indianapolis, Memphis, Milwaukee Seasonal: Columbus–Rickenbacker, Fort Worth/Alliance, Grand Forks, Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland, Rochester (MN), St. Louis
FedEx Feeder	Bemidji, Duluth, Memphis, Thief River Falls
UPS Airlines	Alexandria, Bemidji, Brainerd, Chicago/Rockford, Detroit Lakes, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, International Falls, La Crosse, Louisville, Marshall, Philadelphia, Rice Lake, Thief River Falls, Wadena, Winnipeg, Winona Seasonal: Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Milwaukee, Ontario, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Sioux Falls

Statistics

Top domestic destinations

Busiest domestic routes from MSP (Feb 2017 – Jan 2018)

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois	916,000	American, Delta, United
2	Denver, Colorado	832,000	Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, United
3	Atlanta, Georgia	751,000	Delta, Southwest, Spirit
4	Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Arizona	689,000	American, Delta, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country
5	Los Angeles, California	651,000	Delta, Spirit, Sun Country
6	Seattle/Tacoma, Washington	553,000	Alaska, Delta, Spirit, Sun Country
7	Las Vegas, Nevada	538,000	Delta, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country
8	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas	502,000	American, Delta, Spirit, Sun Country
9	San Francisco, California	473,000	Alaska, Delta, Sun Country, United
10	Orlando, Florida	457,000	Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country

Top international destinations

Busiest international routes from MSP (Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2016)

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Yearly Change	Carriers
1	Amsterdam, Netherlands	439,292		Delta, KLM
2	Cancún, Mexico	292,215		Delta, Sun Country
3	Toronto–Pearson, Canada	262,677		Air Canada, Delta
4	Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France	215,043		Air France, Delta
5	Winnipeg, Canada	183,408		Delta
6	Tokyo–Haneda & Narita, Japan	168,096		Delta
7	Calgary, Canada	133,412		Delta
8	Vancouver, Canada	130,907		Delta
9	London–Heathrow, United Kingdom	128,164		Delta
10	Reykjavík–Keflavík, Iceland	105,244		Delta, Icelandair
11	Edmonton, Canada	93,177		Delta
12	Saskatoon, Canada	91,036		Delta
13	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (winter seasonal)	80,396		Delta, Sun Country
14	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (winter seasonal)	63,147		Delta, Sun Country
15	Montréal–Trudeau, Canada	63,120		Delta
16	Regina, Canada	46,811		Delta
17	San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico (winter seasonal)	44,433		Delta, Sun Country
18	Rome, Italy (summer seasonal)	40,237		Delta
19	Montego Bay, Jamaica (winter seasonal)	39,916		Delta, Sun Country
20	Frankfurt, Germany (summer seasonal)	19,803		Condor

Airline market share

Largest Airlines at MSP (2017)

Rank	Airline	Passengers	Share
1	Delta Airlines	25,995,533	70.65%
2	Sun Country Airlines	2,411,903	6.56%
3	American Airlines	2,363,226	6.42%
4	Southwest Airlines	2,058,405	5.59%
5	United Airlines	1,696,922	4.61%
6	Other	2,268,306	6.17%

Annual traffic

Year	Passengers	Aircraft movements	Cargo (Pounds)
2001	33,733,725	501,522	N/A
2002	32,629,690	507,669	N/A
2003	33,201,860	512,588	N/A
2004	36,713,173	541,093	N/A
2005	37,663,664	532,239	N/A
2006	35,612,133	475,668	N/A
2007	35,157,322	452,972	N/A
2008	34,056,443	450,044	496,595,947
2009	32,378,599	432,395	402,981,750
2010	32,839,441	437,075	448,769,723
2011	33,118,499	436,506	434,468,322
2012	33,170,960	425,332	404,563,347
2013	33,897,335	431,418	409,255,621
2014	35,152,460	412,698	414,156,918
2015	36,582,854	404,762	410,010,641
2016	37,517,957	413,460	419,780,501
2017	38,034,431	416,213	505,828,614

Military facilities

The Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Joint Air Reserve Station at MSP is home to the 934th Airlift Wing (934 AW), an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) unit and the 133d Airlift Wing (133 AW) of the Minnesota Air National Guard. Both units fly the C-130 Hercules and are operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The 934th consists of over 1,300 military personnel, of which approximately 250 are full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and Air Reserve Technician (ART) personnel. The 133rd is similarly manned, making for a total military presence of over 2,600 full-time and part-time personnel.

The 934 AW serves as the "host" wing for the installation, which also includes lodging/billeting, officers club, Base Exchange (BX) and other morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) facilities for active, reserve/national guard and retired military personnel and their families.

MSP 2035 long-term comprehensive plan

In 2004, Northwest Airlines, since merged into Delta Air Lines, proposed expanding the Lindbergh Terminal 1 to accommodate growing flight operations in a plan known as the MSP 2020 Vision. The proposed expansion included moving all airlines other than Northwest Airlines and its SkyTeam alliance partners to the Humphrey Terminal 2. This caused increased concern about Northwest Airlines' control of the Minneapolis/St. Paul commercial air service market with some claiming that Northwest was using its market position to inflate airfares. While AirTran Airways voiced opposition to the plan, American Airlines and United Airlines remained neutral on the move since both had exclusive terminals at their own main hubs. Despite the merger between Northwest and Delta Air Lines, there are still plans in place to carry out these expansions. In August 2015, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) approved a plan that looks out to the year 2035. At the meeting the airlines were split into three groups: All SkyTeam airlines, Southwest Airlines and all other passenger airlines.

The MAC looked at the following requirements for the Lindbergh Terminal and all SkyTeam partners:

• 119 total gates are required in 2030
• 13 gates must accommodate wide-body aircraft
• Delta Air Lines and other SkyTeam airlines will have exclusive rights to the entire Lindbergh Terminal 1
• 63 gates must accommodate medium and large regional aircraft
• 20 gates must have access to international arrivals facilities

The MAC also looked into the following requirements for all Non-SkyTeam partners at the Humphrey Terminal 2:

• 36 total gates are required in 2030
• 2 gates must accommodate wide-body aircraft
• 30 gates must accommodate narrow-body jet aircraft
• 5 gates must have access to international arrivals facilities

The 36 gates required at the Humphrey Terminal in 2030 will serve predominantly narrow-body aircraft operated by airlines with hubs elsewhere and Sun Country Airlines, which operates a fleet of exclusively Boeing 737's. Most air service to MSP on these airlines are anticipated to be operated by common narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320.

Incremental airlines relocate

This plan is what has been chosen to maximize the capacity at MSP through 2035. It includes three phases through 2020, 2030 and 2035. The final product moves some, but not all non-Delta airlines, from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, evens out capacity over the two terminals and will finish with as many as 15 new gates being constructed over both terminals and new parking garages.

By 2020 (38 million annual passengers)

• Improve Terminal 1-Lindbergh terminal/land-side ~$728 million

• Milestone subtotal ~$728 million

By 2030 (48 million annual passengers)

• Add gates/parking @ Terminal 2-Humphrey ~$374 million

• Improve Terminal 1-Lindbergh terminal ~$292 million

• Improve area roadways ~$84 million

• Milestone subtotal ~$750 million

By 2035 (54 million annual passengers)

• Add gates/parking @ Terminal 1-Lindbergh ~$847 million

• Add gates/parking @ Terminal 2-Humphrey ~215 million

• Milestone subtotal ~$1.06 billion

Total 2035 LTCP Recommended Development Cost ~$2.54 billion

See also

• Blue Line
• List of airports in Minnesota
• Metro Transit
• Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport Trams
• Minnesota World War II Army Airfields

External links

Media related to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• "Minnesota Airport Directory: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Wold–Chamberlain Field)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 21, 2003. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) (245 KB)
• MAC Noise Homepage (official—interactive maps of flights and noise data)
• Live Air Traffic Control streams including MSP
• Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Minnesota – used for information on former airports
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective July 11, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KMSP
  • ASN accident history for MSP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMSP
  • FAA current MSP delay information
  • OpenNav airspace and charts for KMSP
• FAA Airport Form 5010 for MSP PDF
• Airport diagram for October 1959