Minneapolis/St.Paul (KMSP/MSP)- CIV 2010

[T7]

During a businesstrip recently, I was able to do some spotting at MSP. Prior to my arrival I had emailed MSP Airport Police for letting me spot (hassle free) from the 6th floor of the Lindbergh carpark. That was no problem and if you give them the dates/times you are at the carpark, they will put you on the list. On 18/19/20th May I did some spotting from the hotelroom where I stayed (Hilton MSP Airport) in the early morning or late afternoon/evening. Friday 21st May I was at the carpark between 1030-1700lt. During this, I was checked twice by a police officer but after hearing my name it was ok and they wished me a pleasant stay.

MSP is dominantly used by Delta Airlines, although several Northwest aircraft can still be seen. All the DC-9-30's are in NW-colors and still flying! All A319/A320's seen were in DL-colors.
Quite busy during the day with constant arrivals on the two parallel runways. Between 1300-1400 it was a little bit quiet with a few arrivals.

Here is an overview of the aircraft seen in these days (18-21 May) with their resp. colors.
NW DC9: N613NW N1332U N8925E N8926E N8928E N8933E N8945E N925US N926NW
DL DC9: N401EA N675MC N677MC N762NC N765NC N768NC N769NC N770NC N772NC N777NC N779NC N780NC N787NC
DL CRJ900:N601LR N901XJ N903XJ N906XJ N910XJ N913XJ N917XJ N920XJ N921XJ N922XJ N928XJ N929XJ N931XJ N932XJ
N933XJ N935XJ N936XJ
DL E170: N603CZ N604CZ N605CZ N606CZ N610CZ N612CZ N613CZ N614CZ N615CZ N616CZ N619CZ N620CZ N621CZ N622CZ
NW E170:N623CZ N624CZ N625CZ N626CZ N628CZ N630CZ N631CZ N633CZ N635CZ N636CZ N638CZ N639CZ
DL 757: N521US N523US N530US N548US N549US N552NW N553NW N554NW N555NW N556NW N557NW N581NW N582NW
N583NW N586NW N589NW N590NW N591NW N595NW
NW 757: N520US N526US N529US N531US N534US
DL A319: N302NB N314NB N316NB N318NB N319NB N324NB N325NB N326NB N327NB N331NB N337NB N338NB N341NB N342NB
N346NB N348NB N352NB N358NB N359NB N361NB N364NB N365NB N366NB N368NB N369NB N370NB N371NB
DL A320: N313US N314US N315US N316US N320US N322US N323US N324US N325US N326US N328NW N329NW N331NW
N332NW N336NW N339NW N340NW N343NW N344NW N347NW N349NW N350NA N351NW N353NW N357NW N359NW
N360NW N364NW N370NW N373NW N375NC N376NW N378NW
DL CRJ200:N835AY N840AY N8501F N8532G N8541D N8554A N8736A N8771A N8837B N8855A N8884E N8888D N8943A N8946A
NW CRJ200:N602XJ N821AY N834AY N8475B N8913A N8918B N8928A N8944B N8956E N8960A N8971A N8977A N8980A
DL S340: N428XJ N429XJ N433XJ N435XJ N436XJ N439XJ N444XJ N453XJ N457XJ
NW S340:N423XJ N424XJ N427XJ


Further seen were 2 Delta B747-400's per day, 3 Delta A330 per day (I guess the 3 from AMS..) and N960N DC-9, all white, in use by firedepartment. And of course the based C130's of the Minnesota ANG. In total I saw 7 C130's.

Bizjets seen during these days:
18/5:
N78LF FA50
N215RX C750
N605QS C560
19/5:
N253FX LJ60
20/5:
PT-PVA EMB-505
N733TW B737-200
N525FX CL300
N357KM GULF3
N119NJ LJ40
N982QS C750
N667QS C560
21/5:
N449TM BE400
N66DD GULF5
N610G B757
N410MT C560
N867QS BAE125
N101CP C560
N157JL C525
N438WR BAE125
N955H CL300
N668QS C560
N96TX C750
N700BA BE90
N422CP CL300
N640MW BE1900
N7100C CL300
N484T C750
N32AA LJ60
N6110 C650
N848QS BAE125
N750GM C750
N470MM BE1900
N802Q C560
N806QS C560

[ehusmann]

Nothing else besides the DL/NW? No United, Continental, foreign etc?

Erwin

[T7]

Erwin,

Of course..Especially for you:
ATI DC-8-73
Fedex ATR42
ABX 767F
AA MD80/CRJ700
United A319/A320/E170
Frontier A318/A319
Continental ERJ145
SunCountry 737-700 & 800's (based)
Southwest 737
Air Tran B717/B737
US Air A319/A320/E170
Air Canada Jazz CRJ200 (only foreigners..)
Alaska Airlines 737-900 (1x daily)

Of these most of them are 3-4x a day visitors, cargo aircraft only once a day.
Quite some Delta CRJ200's (Skywest) CRJ700's (Comair) can be seen during the day. Also Delta uses their own metal 757's (N6xxDL etc) and about 5-6 MD90's were seen as well.

[ehusmann]

Thanks Ab, I am always interested in the total picture of what can be seen in a day. That is why I was a bit surprised with only the DL/NW.

Erwin

[Le Addeur noir]

A few noted on arrival in the dark on the 26th December,

N516AS B737-890/W Alaska Airlines
N609CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N631CZ ERJ-175LR Delta
N909DA MD-90-30 Delta (DL2168 from LAX)

Weather permitting(deep snow here at present),a larger log for here.

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted here on Monday,27th December,

C-GKEK CRJ-200LR Air Canada Jazz
N178SL P180
N178US A321-211 US Air
N278SK EMB-145LR Skywest
N301NB A319-113 Delta
N309AS B737-990 Alaska Airlines
N319US A320-211 Delta
N340NW A320-211 Delta
N342NB A319-114 Delta
N351NW A320-212 Delta
N353NW A320-212 Delta
N360NB A319-114 Delta
N361NB A319-114 Delta
N369NB A319-114 Delta
N371NB A319-114 Delta
N378DA B737-832 Delta
N428XJ SF-340B Delta
N445SW CRJ-200 Delta
N450XJ SF-340B Delta
N451XJ SF-340B Delta
N456XJ SF-340B Delta
N460SW CRJ-200 Delta
N463SW CRJ-200 Delta
N464UA A320-232 United
N473CW G-IV AVN Air LLc
N483A MD-82 American Airlines
N508AE CRJ-700 American Eagle
N510AE CRJ-700 American Eagle
N543US B757-251 Delta
N580RJ Hawker 900XP
N592NW B757-351 Delta
N602XJ CRJ-200 Delta
N609CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N612CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N614CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N615CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N617CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N621CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N625CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N626CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N630CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N632CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N636CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N637CZ ERJ-170-200LR Delta
N645RW ERJ-170SE United
N652BR CRJ-200ER Delta
N670US B747-451 Delta (DL619 to NRT)
N710CA CRJ-100 Delta
N760NW DC-9-41 Northwest colours
N804FR A318-111 Frontier Airlines
N814NW A330-323E Delta
N835AY CRJ-200 Delta
N836AY CRJ-200 Delta
N839AY CRJ-200 Delta
N840AY CRJ-200 Delta
N854FL Hawker 800XP Flight Options LLc
N903DA MD-90-30 Delta
N907DA MD-90-30 Delta
N909DA MD-90-30 Delta
N909XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N910DN MD-90-30 Delta
N912XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N918XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N919DN MD-90-30 Delta
N924XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N925XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N932XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N935XJ CRJ-900 Delta
N967CA CRJ-100 Delta
N967TW MD-83 American Airlines
N977UA B737-291 Sky King LLc
N979AT B717-2BD Air Trans Airlines
N3768 B737-832 Delta
N3773D B737-832 Delta
N8894A CRJ-200 Delta
N8896A CRJ-200 Delta
N8948B CRJ-200 Delta
N8972E CRJ-200 Delta
N8976E CRJ-200 Delta
N11109 EMB-145XR Continental Express
N11140 EMB-145XR United Express
N41104 EMB-145XR Continental Express