English: Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, also less commonly known as Wold–Chamberlain Field, is a joint civil-military public use international airport. It is located in a portion of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of both downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. MSP is the largest and busiest airport in the six-state Upper Midwest region of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The airport is mostly located in the census-designated place of Fort Snelling in an unincorporated portion of Hennepin County. Small sections of the airport are within the city limits of Minneapolis and Richfield. However, per Minnesota state law, the land on which the airport sits is not part of any city or school district.

The airport was named Best Airport in North America among air terminals that serve 25 to 40 million passengers annually, the second largest category, in 2016 and 2017 by The Airports Council International. The airport generates an estimated $15.9 billion a year for the Twin Cities' economy and supports 87,000 workers.

MSP airport in 2009 looking towards the northeast. In terms of passengers, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was the 17th busiest airport in the United States and the 49th busiest in the world as of 2016. A joint civil-military airport, MSP is also home to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Joint Air Reserve Station, supporting both Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard flight operations.

Of all the passengers that fly through MSP, about 40% of them are connecting from other cities with a layover at MSP and about 60% originate at the airport. Sixteen airlines operate out of MSP, serving 163 nonstop destinations from the airport, including 136 domestic and 27 international markets. Internationally, Delta Air Lines flies to five trans-oceanic destinations with year-round service to Amsterdam, London-Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, and Tokyo–Haneda, and seasonal service to Reykjavík–Keflavík. Beginning on April 1, 2019, Delta will bring the airport its first nonstop flight to Seoul, South Korea[7] accompanying service from Atlanta, Detroit, and Seattle. In addition, Air France has seasonal service to Paris, Condor Airlines has seasonal service to Frankfurt, Icelandair has year-round service to Reykjavík, and KLM resumed year-round service to Amsterdam in March 2017, subsequently beginning MSP's first Boeing 787 service in October 2017. Also, Aer Lingus will begin year-round service to Dublin beginning on July 8, 2019. With the addition of Aer Lingus, MSP will have nonstop service to eight overseas destinations. Delta and Sun Country Airlines both serve many cities throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Canada, and Mexico with seasonal or year-round service. In the coming years, Delta is expected to launch a direct route to Mexico City via their partner, AeroMéxico. Compared to other large metropolitan areas in the United States, only Atlanta and Denver serve more non-stop markets per capita.

MSP is the second largest hub airport for Delta Air Lines and its Delta Connection partners. Compass Airlines and Endeavor Air have their official headquarters nearby. It also serves as the home airport for Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines. Northwest had a hub at the airport until its 2010 merger with Delta Air Lines. The Delta Connection partner Mesaba Airlines was also headquartered nearby until December 2011 as it completed its merger with Pinnacle Airlines. Delta Air Lines accounts for more than 70% of the airport's passenger traffic. The airport is operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which also handles the operation of six smaller airports in the region.

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