Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Code

April 9, 2022

Acronym

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) has a long and interesting history. It was first established in 1921 as the Speedway Flying Field, which was a grass airstrip used for crop dusting and other private aviation activities. In 1928, it was renamed Wold-Chamberlain Field after two pilots who had died in a plane crash the previous year. During World War II, the airfield was taken over by the United States Army Air Corps, who made several improvements to the facility. After the war ended, it was returned to civilian use and renamed Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airport in 1948.

In 1949, Northwest Airlines began operating at MSP and soon after other airlines followed suit. The airport underwent a major expansion from 1952-1954 which included new runways and taxiways as well as an air traffic control tower. This expansion allowed for larger aircraft to operate out of MSP and more passengers to be served each day. In 1960, Delta Air Lines opened its first hub at MSP and many other airlines soon followed suit making it one of the most important hubs in the United States today. Since then, MSP has continued to expand with several new terminals being added over time including Terminal 2-Humphrey which opened in 2001 and Terminal 1 which opened in 2004.

MSP is the abbreviation code for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. According to Abbreviation Finder, MSP can also mean:

  1. MUD Sound Protocol
  2. Mach Sweep Programmer
  3. Magneto/Storm/Psylocke
  4. Main Steam Pressure
  5. Main Street Project
  6. Main Supply Point
  7. Maine State Prison
  8. Maintenance Status Panel
  9. Maintenance Support Package
  10. Maintenance Support Plan
  11. Maintenance and Supervision Processor
  12. Major Surface Protease
  13. Managed Service Point
  14. Managed Service Provider
  15. Managed Staffing Program
  16. Management Service Provider
  17. Management Symposium Program
  18. Management System Planning
  19. Managing State Projects
  20. Managing Successful Programmes

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis Airport – St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP)

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is by far the largest and most important commercial airport in the US state of Minnesota, further it belongs along with Chicago and Detroit at the three major airports in the entire Midwest. In terms of passenger numbers and flight movements, it is even among the thirty largest in the world.

  • URL: Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP)
  • Time zone: GMT -6
  • Service phone: +1 612-726-5555
  • Address: MSP-Lindbergh Terminal, 4300 Glumack Drive, St. Paul, MN 55111; MSP-Humphrey Terminal, 7150 Humphrey Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA
  • Operator: Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC)
  • Parking spaces: yes, subject to a charge; approx. 22,900 short-term and long-term parking spaces
  • Nearby cities: Minneapolis (11 km), Saint Paul (12 km)
  • Transportation: Minnesota State Highway 5, Interstate 494 and Highway 55 (to Lindbergh Terminal), I-494 (to Humphrey Terminal)
  • Train connections: The Amtrak “Empire Builder” (Chicago-Portland) route regularly stops at Midway Amtrak Station in St. Paul.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (15.02%), Tuesday (14.30%), Wednesday (14.27%), Thursday (14.55%), Friday (15.07%), Saturday (12.05%), Sunday (14.74%)
  • other spellings: Minneapolis-St. Paul Int’l Airport-MN, Миннеаполис-Сент-Пол, ミ ネ ア ポ リ ス ・ セ ン ト ポ ー ル 国際 空港, 明尼阿 波利斯 – 圣保罗, ميني, بولס י ،, י, י י มิ น นี แอ โพ ลิ ส

Most popular destinations from Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport, MN (flights per week)

  1. Denver International Airport, CO (160, 3.33%)
  2. Chicago Midway International Airport, IL (133, 2.77%)
  3. Dallas – Fort Worth International Airport, TX (113, 2.35%)
  4. Atlanta International Airport (108, 2.25%)
  5. Los Angeles International Airport, CA (104, 2.16%)
  6. Seattle – Tacoma International Airport, WA (104, 2.16%)
  7. Houston – George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (101, 2.10%)
  8. San Francisco International Airport, CA (101, 2.10%)
  9. Las Vegas – McCarran International Airport, NV (99, 2.06%)
  10. New York – Newark Liberty International Airport, NJ (98, 2.04%)
  11. Other (76.68%)

Top airlines (share of take-offs / landings)

  1. KLM (3664, 14.82%)
  2. Delta Air Lines (2945, 11.91%)
  3. Virgin Atlantic Airways (2831, 11.45%)
  4. Westjet (1995, 8.07%)
  5. Air France (1918, 7.76%)
  6. Korean Air Lines (1340, 5.42%)
  7. Aeroméxico (1281, 5.18%)
  8. Southwest Airlines (968, 3.92%)
  9. Qatar Airways (658, 2.66%)
  10. Sun Country Airlines (432, 1.75%)
  11. Other (27.06%)

Location
The airport, which went into operation in 1923, is about 13 kilometers south of downtown Minneapolis and about 12 kilometers southwest of St. Paul. The Lindbergh Terminal can be reached via Minnesota State Highway 5 and the Humphrey Terminal via Interstate I-494 at the 34th Avenue / Humphrey Terminal exit.

The “Hiawatha Line” express train (Route # 55) runs regularly between the airport and downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America to the south; The local bus route # 54 runs regularly between the airport and downtown St. Paul as well as to the Mall of America.

Passengers who need to get to the Amtrak station should first take route # 55 to the Transit Center in downtown and then change to bus routes # 16 or # 50 and take them to “University Avenue / Farview Avenue”. You can find out all current departure times on site. Otherwise, you can also travel to and from the airport by taxi, rental car or limousine.