Most common domestic destinations from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport
Most common domestic destinations from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport
Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago when the coronavirus pandemic grounded folks around the world, putting a halt to travel for both leisure and business.
In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers. By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization.
When you're at the airport, shuffling around with your roller bag, backpack, neck pillow, and water bottle among the thousands of other passengers doing the same, you're probably not too concerned with more than your flight. Is it on time? Who will be sitting next to you? Did your checked bag make it onto the plane?
But when you're not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to. To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Minneapolis-St Paul International using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.
Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Minneapolis-St Paul International travelers.
#20. Salt Lake City International (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 256,030
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 1,339
--- #3. Frontier Airlines: 683
#19. Tampa International (Tampa, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 186,499
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 71,477
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 1,279
#18. Ronald Reagan Washington National (Washington, DC)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 217,696
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 19,356
--- #3. Envoy Air: 15,471
#17. Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 109,414
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 97,478
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 31,521
#16. Charlotte Douglas International (Charlotte, NC)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 158,421
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 104,434
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 10,170
#15. Chicago Midway International (Chicago, IL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 220,170
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 39,675
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 15,165
#14. LaGuardia (New York, NY)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 242,377
--- #2. Republic Airline: 38,754
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 402
#13. Southwest Florida International (Fort Myers, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 175,861
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 110,720
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 540
#12. Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit, MI)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 271,427
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 49,878
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 9,626
#11. San Francisco International (San Francisco, CA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 227,595
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 66,641
--- #3. United Air Lines: 39,498
#10. Logan International (Boston, MA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 295,617
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 45,204
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 31,111
#9. Dallas/Fort Worth International (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 228,941
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 166,966
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 21,120
#8. Seattle/Tacoma International (Seattle, WA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 296,910
--- #2. Alaska Airlines: 110,226
--- #3. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 55,715
#7. Orlando International (Orlando, FL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 334,317
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 146,536
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 3,998
#6. Los Angeles International (Los Angeles, CA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 378,331
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 108,303
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 13,867
#5. Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 351,571
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 152,821
--- #3. Spirit Air Lines: 47,119
#4. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (Atlanta, GA)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 512,457
--- #2. Spirit Air Lines: 88,107
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 1,185
#3. Chicago O'Hare International (Chicago, IL)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. United Air Lines: 277,718
--- #2. Delta Air Lines: 210,584
--- #3. American Airlines: 44,280
#2. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (Phoenix, AZ)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 368,378
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 112,862
--- #3. American Airlines: 82,924
#1. Denver International (Denver, CO)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 278,463
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 255,371
--- #3. United Air Lines: 190,024
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.