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iata=MSP|
iata=MSP|
icao=KMSP|
icao=KMSP|
aptype=Commercial|
aptype=Commercial/Mixed-Use|
website=http://www.mspairport.com|
website=http://www.mspairport.com|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=MSP&spn=0.051828,0.118721&t=h&hl=en|
mapurl=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=MSP&spn=0.051828,0.118721&t=h&hl=en|
mapsource=Google Maps|
mapsource=Google Maps|
atctower=123.675(Rwy 17/35) <br> 123.95(Rwy 12L/30R) <br> 126.7(Rwys 12R/30L & 04/22)|
atctower=123.675(Rwy 17/35) <br> 123.95(Rwy 12L/30R) <br> 126.7(Rwys 12R/30L & 04/22)|
atcground=121.8(North) 121.9(South) 133.57(Metering)|
atcground=121.8(North) 121.9(South) 127.925(West) 133.57(Metering)|
atcclearance=133.2|
atcclearance=133.2|
atcapproach=118.72(Rwy 35) <br> 119.3(N or E of arrival Rwys & Rwy 17) <br> 126.95(S or W of arrival Rwys & Rwys 04 and 11)|
atcapproach=118.72(Rwy 35) <br> 119.3(N or E of arrival Rwys & Rwy 17) <br> 126.95(S or W of arrival Rwys & Rwys 04 and 11)|
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The observation deck at MSP is located just prior to the Concourse D departure lounge, and is up a flight of stairs marked "Observation Deck", but the stairway and sign are somewhat concealed (it's immediately to your left as you transition from the hallway outside McDonald's to the departure lounge).  The deck offers good views of Concourse C, D & E and on Runway 12L/30R, as well as traffic to and from Concourses A, B, C, D and E on the taxiway paralleling Runway 12L/30R.  A lens of about 200mm on a 1.6 DSLR should be plenty for just about all operations visible from this location. The observation deck is covered by windows on all sides. Chairs go around most of the observation deck.
The observation deck at MSP is located just prior to the Concourse D departure lounge, and is up a flight of stairs marked "Observation Deck", but the stairway and sign are somewhat concealed (it's immediately to your left as you transition from the hallway outside McDonald's to the departure lounge).  The deck offers good views of Concourse C, D & E and on Runway 12L/30R, as well as traffic to and from Concourses A, B, C, D and E on the taxiway paralleling Runway 12L/30R.  A lens of about 200mm on a 1.6 DSLR should be plenty for just about all operations visible from this location. The observation deck is covered by windows on all sides. Chairs go around most of the observation deck.


===New Cargo Road Spotting Lot (Free)===
===Cargo Road Spotting Lot (Free)===
The airport's newest viewing area is next to the FedEx shipping center on the airfield near the intersection of runways 12R/30L and 4/22. It has parking, picnic tables, benches and trees that will eventually provide shade. Open every day from dawn to dusk, the free viewing area is now the closest option for aircraft spotting. From MN77 take the 66th Street exit and then take Longfellow Avenue to the south to Cargo Road. Turn left on Cargo road and take it all the way to the end, just past the FedEx shipping center.
The airport's newest viewing area is next to the FedEx shipping center on the airfield near the intersection of runways 12R/30L and 4/22. It has parking, picnic tables, benches and trees that will eventually provide shade. Open every day from dawn to dusk, the free viewing area is now the closest option for aircraft spotting. From MN77 take the 66th Street exit and then take Longfellow Avenue to the south to Cargo Road. Turn left on Cargo Road and take it all the way to the end, just past the FedEx shipping center. The first tunnel goes under Runway 35/17, and the second tunnel goes under a taxiway entrance for freight aircraft.


==Other Spotting Locations==
==Other Spotting Locations==


===Terminal 1 Parking Ramps ($$$)===
===Terminal 1 Parking Ramps ($)===
This location gives you a great view of both the 12/30 runways and runway 4/22 as well. Drive up to the 8th or 9th floor, and you can walk (or drive) between the different ramps for different views.
This location gives you a great view of both the 12/30 runways and runway 4/22 as well. Drive up to the 8th or 9th floor, and you can walk (or drive) between the different ramps for different views.


===Terminal 2 Parking Ramps ($$$)===
===Terminal 2 Parking Ramps ($)===
This location gives you a pretty good view of most of the airfield. Terminal 2 gates, runways 17/35, 4/22, 12L/35R and the cargo area.
This location gives you a pretty good view of most of the airfield. Terminal 2 gates, runways 17/35, 4/22, 12L/35R and the cargo area.


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===Mall Of America East Parking Ramp (Free)===
===Mall Of America East Parking Ramp (Free)===
Located south of I-494 and east of 24th Ave South. Go to the top floor of the eastside parking ramp. You will get arrivals and departures of runway 17/35. Also a descent view of the Delta maintenance hangars. Mall security might ask you to leave if not using the mall.
Located south of I-494 and east of 24th Ave South. Go to the top floor of the eastside parking ramp. You will get arrivals and departures of runway 17/35. Also a descent view of the Delta maintenance hangars. Mall security might ask you to leave if you're not going to the mall.


==Locations to Avoid==
==Locations to Avoid==
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==Spotting Locations Map==
==Spotting Locations Map==


<display_map>
{{#display_map:
44.882102, -93.228851~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Cargo Road Spotting Lot
44.882102, -93.228851~Cargo Rd Spotting Lot;
44.890910, -93.234528~ ~ ~ ~ ~Dog Park
44.890910, -93.234528~Dog Park;
44.875393, -93.212092~ ~ ~ ~ ~Post Road Cell Phone Lot
44.875493, -93.212192~Post Rd Cell Phone Lot;
44.855763, -93.238354~ ~ ~ ~ ~Mall of America East Parking Ramp
44.855763, -93.238354~Mall of America East Parking Ramp;
44.881985, -93.209801~ ~ ~ ~ ~Terminal 1 Parking Ramps
44.881985, -93.209801~Terminal 1 Parking Ramps;
44.873309, -93.227565~ ~ ~ ~ ~Terminal 2 Parking Ramps
44.873309, -93.227565~Terminal 2 Parking Ramps;
44.875006, -93.212080~ ~ ~ ~ ~Fort Snelling National Cemetery
44.884905, -93.210299~Terminal 1 Observation Deck;
</display_map>
44.874893, -93.211792~Fort Snelling National Cemetery
}}


==Regular Traffic==
==Regular Traffic==
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (a former Northwest Airlines hub and a current hub for Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines) doesn't get many year-round passenger heavies (with Delta and KLM as the two exceptions), but regional jets frequent MSP 24/7. Seeing the heavies from other foreign airlines (Condor and Air France) is one of the big highlights during the summer months. KLM has year-round flights, switching back and forth from the A330-200 and the A330-300 (during the summer months) to the 787-9 Dreamliner (during the winter months).


===Commercial Airlines & Plane Type===
Heavies  and regional jets will mainly use 12R/30L and 12L/30R, respectively. This shortens the length of their taxi routes to their assigned gates. Additionally,  heavies will usually be assigned gates on Concourse G. Charters (usually about the size of a 737 or a 757) will park near Signature Flight Support, directly across from concourses G and F.


*'''Air Canada Express ''' (usually operated by Jazz Air)
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**CRJ-200
 
**CRJ-700
===Commercial Airlines, Aircraft, and Concourses-Terminals===
**CRJ-900
 
*'''Air France''' (seasonal)
{| class="wikitable"
**A340-300
|-
*'''Alaska Airlines'''
|'''Airline'''
**737-800
|'''Aircraft'''
**737-900
|'''Terminal-Concourse'''
**Embraer 175 (operated by SkyWest)
|-
*'''American Airlines/American Eagle'''
|Aer Lingus
**A319
|A330-300, A321XLR
**A320
|1-C
**A321
|-
**737-800
|Air Canada Express
**ERJ-135
|CRJ-900, E175 (Jazz Aviation)
**MD-80
|1-E
*'''Condor Airlines''' (seasonal)
|-
**767-300
|Air France  
*'''Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection'''
|777-200ER, 787-9
**A319
|1-G
**A320
|-
**A330-200
|Alaska Airlines
**A330-300
|737-700, 737-800, 737-900, E175 (SkyWest and Horizon Air)
**717-200
|1-E
**737-800
|-
**737-900
|Allegiant Airlines
**747-400 (Charters only, will be phased out by 2017)
|A320
**757-200
|2-H
**757-300
|-
**767-300
|American Airlines
**767-400
|A319, A320, A321, 737-800, E190
**CRJ-200
|1-E
**CRJ-700  
|-
**CRJ-900  
|American Eagle
**Embraer 145
|CRJ-700 (PSA Airlines), E170 (Republic Airlines)
**Embraer 170
|1-E
**Embraer 175
|-
**MD-88
|Condor Flugdienst 
**MD-90
|A330-900
*'''Frontier Airlines'''
|2-H
**A319
|-
**A320
|Delta Air Lines
*'''Great Lakes Airlines'''
|A220-100, A220-300, A319, A320, A321, A321NEO, A330-200, A330-300, A330-900, A350-900XWB, 737-800, 737-900ER, 757-200, 757-300, 767-300ER, 767-400ER
**Beech 1900
|1-C, 1-D, 1-F, 1-G
*'''Icelandair'''
|-
**757-200
|Delta Connection
**767-300
|CRJ-100 (SkyWest), CRJ-200 (SkyWest and Endeavor Air), CRJ-700 (ExpressJet), CRJ-900 (ExpressJet, SkyWest, and Endeavor Air), E170, E175 (SkyWest)
*'''Southwest Airlines'''
|1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 1-D, 1-F, 1-G
**737-300
|-
**737-700
|Denver Air Connection
**737-800
| Dornier 328 Jet, ERJ 145
*'''Spirit Airlines'''
|
**A319
|-
**A320
|Frontier Airlines
*'''Sun Country Airlines'''
|A319, A320, A321
**737-700
|1-E
**737-800
|-
*'''United Airlines/United Express'''
|Icelandair
**A320
|737 MAX 8, 757-300
**737-700
|2-H
**737-800
|-
**737-900
|JetBlue
**CRJ-700
|A320, E190
**Embraer 170 (operated by SkyWest)
|2-H
|-
|KLM
|777-200ER, 787-9
|1-G
|-
|Southwest Airlines
|737-700, 737-800, 737 MAX 8
|2-H
|-
|Spirit Airlines
|A319, A320, A321
|1-E
|-
|Sun Country Airlines
|737-800
|2-H
|-
|United Airlines
|A319, A320, 737-700, 737-800, 737-900
|1-E
|-
|United Express
|CRJ-700 (GoJet and Mesa), E170 (SkyWest, Shuttle America and Republic Airlines), E175 (SkyWest)
|1-E
|-
|WestJet
|737-700, 737-800
|1-G
|}


===Cargo Airlines & Plane Type===
===Cargo Airlines & Plane Type===
*'''Atlas Air''' (Seasonal, Christmas)
{| class="wikitable"
**747-400F
|Amazon Prime Air (operated by Sun Country Airlines)
**747-8F
|737-8F
*'''Bemidji Airlines'''
|-
**BE65 Queen Air
|DHL (operated by Encore Air Cargo)
**BE80 Queen Air
|SW4
**BE99
|-
**SW4
|DHL (operated by iAero Airways)
*'''CSA Air Cargo'''
|737-4F
**Cessna Caravan
|-
*'''DHL''' (often operated by Atlas Air)
|DHL (operated by Suburban Air Freight)
**767-200
|Beechcraft 1900 (twin-turboprop)
*'''Encore Air Cargo'''
|-
**SW4
|FedEx Express
*'''FedEx Express'''
|A300-600, 757-200, 767-300, MD-11
**A300-600  
|-
**767-300  
|FedEx Feeder (operated by Corporate Air)
**DC-10
|Cessna Grand Caravan 208 (single turboprop)
**MD-11
|-
*'''IFL Group Air Cargo'''
|FedEx Feeder (operated by CSA Cargo)
**Falcon 20
|Cessna Grand Caravan 208 (single turboprop)
*'''FedEx Feeder''' (operated by Mountain Air Cargo)
|-
**ATR-42
|FedEx Feeder (operated by IFL Group)
*'''Suburban Air Freight'''
|CRJ-200SF, Dassault Falcon 20
**B1900
|-
*'''UPS Airlines'''
|FedEx Feeder (operated by Mountain Air Cargo)
**A300-600
|ATR-42 (twin-turboprop)
**757-200
|-
**MD-11
|UPS
**DC-10
|A300-600, 747-400F, 747-8F, 757-200, 767-300, MD-11F
|-
|UPS '''(seasonal)'''
|747-400 (operated by Kalitta Air), 747-400 (operated by Polar Air Cargo), MD-11F (operated by Western Global Airlines)
|-
|UPS (operated by Bemidji Air)
|BE65 Queen Air, BE80 Queen Air, BE99, SW4
|-
|UPS (operated by IFL Group)
|Dassault Falcon 20
|-
|}


===Military Plane Types===
===Military Plane Types===
*C-5 Galaxy (rare)
*C-5 Galaxy/Airbus A400M Atlas
*C-130 Hercules
*C-130 Hercules
*RAF and USAF C-17 Globemasters (rare)
*RAF and USAF C-17 Globemasters  
*KC-10 Refuelers
*KC-10 Refuelers


==Facilities==
==Facilities==
===Hotel (on-site)===
The InterContinental Hotel is the first full service on-site hotel at the airport with 300 rooms on 12 floors. It opened in the summer of 2018. The hotel is skyway connected to the airport with its own security checkpoint. The hotel also has an "observation bar" on the top floor. It has floor-to-ceiling windows with views of both downtown Minneapolis and St Paul.
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===Runways===


*'''Runway 4/22''': 11,006 × 150 ft. (3,354 × 46 m), Condition: Good, Surface: Concrete
*'''Runway 4/22''': 11,006 × 150 ft. (3,354 × 46 m), Condition: Good, Surface: Concrete
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*'''Runway 12L/30R''': 8,200 × 150 ft. (2,499 × 46 m), Condition: Good, Surface: Concrete
*'''Runway 12L/30R''': 8,200 × 150 ft. (2,499 × 46 m), Condition: Good, Surface: Concrete
*'''Runway 17/35''': 8,000 × 150 ft. (2,438 × 46 m), Condition: Excellent, Surface: Concrete
*'''Runway 17/35''': 8,000 × 150 ft. (2,438 × 46 m), Condition: Excellent, Surface: Concrete
==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 133rd 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.


==Links==
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_International_Airport&redirect=no/ Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_International_Airport&redirect=no/ Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport Wikipedia]
*[https://www.signatureflight.com/location?iata=MSP Signature Flight Support (MSP)]
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