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Tips and ideas on how to best spend a layover at Minneapolis-St Paul airport. Got a favorite quiet place to connect to wifi? A great bar or restaurant? Maybe an exhibit or a walk? Share your MSP Airport layover experiences with others, or post a question and get notified when there is a response.

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Jane Goke 03/23/2018
Can I meet with my sister who has a three hour layover? I live in the area but I am not flying.
RS 01/24/2018
Hi, we are family of 3 with 11 month old baby. Holding Canadian passport. Travelling by delta from winnipeg-MSP-France-India and vice versa. On our way back, reaching MSP at 12:58pm and our next flight to winnipeg is at 10:05pm. We have a cousin family in Minneapolis. My questions - are we allowed to leave the airport to visit them? Do we have to claim our checked in baggage either way? If allowed, is this time period enough for clearing customs and immigration for both leaving and entering with a 11month old baby? Thank You
ZAP 01/25/2018
On the way to India you don't have to do anything with your bags or go through securiyy in MSP since you pre-clear US Immigration and Customs in WInnipeg. On the return, in MSP you will have to go through US Immigration, claim your bags, go through US Customs, re-check your bags at the re-check desk, then go through security and to your departure gate. If you want to leave the airport to see your cousin before going through security you are able and welcome to do so.
Ash 11/14/2017
I will have a long layover stay in MSP 24h, Delta Airlines might not provide a free overnight stay at a hotel. On the other hand hotels are expensive for me. Request for ideas, Thanks
sonia daoas 09/16/2017
any place i could take a nap
ZAP 09/17/2017
Overnight or during the day? What terminal?
*** 04/11/2017
we will have a 4+ hr layover at MSP in early June...before our flight to Amsterdam...any ideas how we can spend the time? besides eating, drinking or sleeping!
Lamchops 03/30/2017
I'm flying in from Toronto with a layover in MSP for 2hr 50min to Honolulu. Will this be enough time? Also flying with Delta both flights, will I have to recheck my baggage or go through customs again when I am in MSP?

Thank you very much
ZAP 03/30/2017
That is plenty of time. You will pre-clear US Immigration and Customs in Toronto. All you have to do in MSP is go from your arrival gate to your departure gate.
cornish24 03/28/2017
I will arrive on Air Canada flight from Toronto at 3:52 p.m. and depart on a Delta flight at 5:45.
Will that be enough time to change gates and get through security?
ZAP 03/28/2017
Do you have checked bags or not?
gaylene 01/08/2017
Never been to Msp airport and have a flight to las vegas on delta with only 45 minute layover. WIll I be able to find where to go??
ZAP 01/09/2017
Where are you flying into MSP from?
gaylene 01/09/2017
from either Minot ND or Bismarck ND
ZAP 01/09/2017
That is enough time. MSP isn't a hard airport to navigate. Everything will be in the same terminal, just follow the signs to your departure gate.
gaylene 01/09/2017
thank you!!
dec09mommy 01/05/2017
Hi! We are a family of 3. Flight is from Tokyo HND to MSP then YXE. Would we need to clear up immigration and have our baggages pass thru customs in MSP? Thanks.
ZAP 01/05/2017
Yes, in MSP you will have to go through US Immigration, claim your bags, go through US Customs, re-check your bags at the re-check desk, and go through security.
*** 12/06/2016
I am flying from Iceland to Boise with a 90 minute layover in Minneapolis. Both flights will be on Delta. Is this enough time to go through immigration and security again.
ZAP 12/06/2016
Yes, that should be enough time if everything goes smoothly.