Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (IATA: MSP, ICAO: KMSP) is the largest and busiest airport in the five-state upper Midwestern region of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. In terms of passengers, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is the twelfth largest in the United States (2006), and nineteenth largest airport in the world (2005). It straddles the southern border of the cities of Saint Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota, but is mostly located in the Census-designated place of Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Airlines Operating out of MSP:
Humphrey: Casino Express, Champion Air, Miami Air International, Omni Air International, Ryan International, Sun Country Airlines and Transmeridian Airlines.

Lindbergh: Air Canada, Air Tran Airways, American Airlines, America West Airlines, American Trans Air, Comair, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Great Lakes Aviation, Icelandair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Midwest Connect, SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways.

The terminal exits of the airport are minutes away from the Mall of America; careful flight pattern planning ensures that aircraft never fly over the mall at low altitude. Northwest Airlines accounts for more than 80% of the airport's passenger traffic. It is operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which also handles operation of six smaller airports in the region.