MSP Airport logs 6.9% increase in passenger growth in 2024

MSP Airport passenger traffic totaled 37.2 million in 2024, marking a 6.9% increase over 2023. It’s the fourth straight year of growth and pulls the airport within 6.2% of its annual passenger total record of 39.5 million set in 2019.  

This growth was buoyed by strong international demand from MSP, which set a new record in 2024 for international passengers, 3,569,721 — besting the previous record set in 2019 and 19.6% over 2023’s total of 2,984,169 international passengers. Airlines at MSP served 32 international destinations last year — matching the record level set in 2019. 

“In the past year, we celebrated the addition of several nonstop routes to Europe,” said MAC CEO Brian Ryks in a Jan. 28 news release. “Aer Lingus resumed service to Dublin, Delta added Dublin to its destinations, and Lufthansa launched year-round service from MSP to Frankfurt. Overall, we had strong performance from our airlines, expanding global connections and adding capacity and destinations across the U.S.” 

The past year’s growth was most evident at Terminal 2, which set an annual record of more than 6.8 million passengers, up nearly 12% over the previous record set in 2023. Sun Country Airlines, which is the largest carrier in Terminal 2, added 13 markets in 2024, bringing its total nonstop markets from MSP to 103 destinations for the year. Terminal 2 supported 46,655 airline operations, setting another annual record. Year-end reporting showed that MSP supported 341,823 total operations (takeoffs and landings, all aircraft types), a 5.5% increase over 2023.  

MSP airlines served 163 nonstop destinations in 2024, up from 156 in 2023. MSP averaged 60,644 daily departing seats, up from 56,823 a year ago — an increase of 6.7%.