The Minneapolis /St. Paul International Airport located in the Downtown Minneapolis area is the largest and the busiest airport in upper Mid-West. The airport ranks as being the twelfth busiest in the United States and the twenty sixth in the world in terms of the number of passengers.

Flights originating from Minneapolis St. Paul fly to 131 destinations including 14 international destinations. The airport has two passenger terminals both of which are named after famous Minnesotans, the Lindbergh Terminal after aviator Charles Lindbergh the first man to fly Trans-Atlantic and the Humphrey Terminal after former US Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

The airport also has a conference center that offers the perfect setting in which to have a business meeting, especially for business travelers who are short on time. The meeting facilities that are located here are well equipped with a range of facilities.

Visitors to Minneapolis St. Paul airport can use the numerous business centers services that include private workstations complete with telephones and data ports. At most of these centers guests can also find Fed Ex services and ATM’s. Visitors can make use of the TravelEx America that provides a variety of business and personal services such as photocopying, fax, Travelers Checks, money transfers as well as post office boxes for travelers. TravelEx is located between doors 5 and 6 in the ticketing lobby.

Other facilities that the airport features are portable electronic device charging stations. These stations are free of charge and allow travelers to recharge the battery on a variety of mobile devices.

The airport offers storage lockers in the Lindbergh terminal which are equipped with fingerprint technology to ensure that only those who store their items can claim them. Minneapolis St. Paul is the first airport to implement such technology. Please note however that these lockers are only intended for use of 48 hours, after which they are emptied by Smarte Carte.

For many tourists and business travelers their gateway to the Mid-West is the Minneapolis Airport. A hotel in this area such as the Millennium Hotel Minneapolis is an ideal option as it’s an easy cab ride to the airport as well as many other important locations in the downtown area.  Lightrail leaves from the airport and runs to downtown Minneapolis where you can take a short cab ride from the station to the Millennium Minneapolis Hotel.