Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Wold–Chamberlain Field |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Metropolitan Airports Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Twin Cities) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 841 ft / 256 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°52′55″N 093°13′18″W / 44.88194°N 93.22167°WCoordinates: 44°52′55″N 093°13′18″W / 44.88194°N 93.22167°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.mspairport.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Passenger & Traffic Movements from MSP Airport.; Runways and Based Aircraft from FAA
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Passengers | 37,517,957 |
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Traffic Movements | 413,460 |
Based Aircraft (2017) | 187 |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Wold–Chamberlain Field (IATA: MSP, ICAO: KMSP, FAA LID: MSP) is a joint civil-military public use international airport. Located in a portion of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, outside of any city or school district, 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.
In terms of passengers, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport is the 16th busiest airport in the United States as of 2014 and the 50th busiest in the world in 2015. 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.
Airlines out of MSP serve 155 nonstop markets from the airport, including 126 domestic and 29 international markets. Internationally, Delta Air Lines flies to four trans-oceanic destinations year round: Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Tokyo–Haneda, with one additional trans-oceanic flights seasonally to Reykjavík–Keflavik. Both Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines serve many cities throughout the Caribbean, Canada, and Mexico with seasonal or year round service. Air France has seasonal service to Paris and Condor Airlines has flights to Frankfurt. Icelandair has year round service to Reykjavík–Keflavik. KLM resumes service to Amsterdam in March 2017. Compared to other large metropolitan areas in the United States, only Atlanta and Denver serve more non-stop markets per capita.