Tired of battling long TSA lines at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) here in Minnesota? A newly reopened security option is cutting wait times and making early morning flights way less stressful.
We know that MSP is the largest airport in both the North Star State and our neighboring states of Iowa and Wisconsin. It’s also the 18th largest airport in the country. MSP says the 18 airlines at its two terminals served 163 nonstop destinations from the North Star State in 2023, up from 156 destinations in 2023 and 145 destinations in 2022.
MSP is also home to a lot of flights. Overall, MSP saw 324,140 flight operations (both takeoffs and landings) in 2024, up from 323,929 in 2023 and 310,269 in 2022. MSP also averaged 60,644 daily departing seats, up from 56,823 a year ago, an increase of 6.7 percent…