3D Minneapolis Spotting!

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Airport: Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport (MSP/KMSP)
Aircraft/Livery: Various
Server: Expert/Solo
Flight Times: Various


A KLM 787-10 buttering onto 30L after a 7 hour run from Amsterdam


A WestJet Encore Q400 arriving in from Saskatoon


A Delta 757-200 rocketing out for Keflavik, Iceland


A Delta A359 touching down from Seoul, with company traffic holding short


A Sun Country 737-800 on short final after a 5 hour flight from Liberia, Costa Rica


Frontier touching down on Runway 17 after a quick 90 minute flight in from Cleveland


Heavy braking after a late landing in from Madison, Wisconsin


In the flare for landing after a 2 hour ride from Montreal.


I posted a video on my YouTube channel of my landing in from Montreal. If you take out the wonky final approach (it was windy, OK!!), it was a pretty good landing if I do say so myself.


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Noice topic! Btw, that KLM is a 787-10 😉

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Ahh, thank you for the correction! I used the wrong aircraft to do this with, then. KLM sends their 787-9s here, as well as a smattering of 772s and A330s. Unfortunately, they’ve decided to hand of all the winter MSP-AMS ops to Delta, and will only be serving MSP during the Spring/Summer/Fall months.

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Sounds like the same ops in SLC. KLM only comes from April to October. For the last 3 years but not including 2024, they would send the 787-9 to SLC. This year they changed it to the 777-200. Kind of a downgrade but it gets the job done. There was also a 777-300 that showed up one time so that was pretty cool

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me rn because there isn’t a butter bus Neo 😥😥😥😥😥

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MSP is almost always either windy or stormy. I’ve never had a ‘fast’ approach into the airport, because the winds always push the aircraft back (especially from the east).

SLC - home of the longest downwind legs and most smooth landings.

One of my favorite airports, but I usually go to DEN instead because flights into and out of DEN are more convenient for my schedule (the hour flight time difference really makes a difference for me).

You should go to SLC more often. The scenery is pretty nice

Nice pics, @Mort! I especially like the 717!