Flights from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis

• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Sioux Falls and Minneapolis.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Sioux Falls, SD to Minneapolis, MN in 2009 was Delta Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The average flight time from Sioux Falls, SD to Minneapolis, MN takes about 37 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 56,411 passengers from FSD to MSP in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from FSD to MSP using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 147,026 seats were available on flights from FSD to MSP in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 80,704 passengers flew on all flights from FSD to MSP that year.
• Flight #1733, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 274 minutes average delay between flights from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis in 2009 was 54.34%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from FSD to MSP for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Sioux Falls and Minneapolis from Northwest Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 224 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Sioux Falls and Minneapolis is 197 miles.
• There were 80,704 passengers that flew from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines, UNITED, Sun Country Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines offer flights from Sioux Falls, SD to Minneapolis, MN.
• The newest aircraft servicing FSD to MSP in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis.
• The shortest flight between FSD and MSP takes about 37 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)