Minneapolis Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"If you're bad and sin a lot in life, when you die you go to Minneapolis airport." (Dave L.)
"5 star Quality Best Airport I ever slept in" (mrmikeco)
"Soft seats, cushions and blankets are all upstairs on floor 3 overlooking the check in area." (John S)
"I asked at the customer service kiosk what the best course of action was. She said I should take the bus to Mall of America and hang out there. " (Aaron H)
Good times
by kermit
An earlier poster refers to an ideal sleeping location at the concourse with gates "61-71". That concourse is now called now the B concourse, and the location IS ideal, however it's SO secluded the wireless internet is intermittent, but who cares when you're sleeping.
When I was there when evening came they put out giant stacks of fold out foam beds that are as light as a feather to carry with 1 hand to wherever you like.
There's no guarantee that the 2 designated "quiet areas" are quiet, when I tried to sleep at one some loud drunk guys seemed to think it was an after party until 3AM so save the trouble and go by the spot mentioned above.
If there's a shower, I couldn't find it. I wish I could, it's the only reason I left. I want to go back! I love airports!
Not a bad place, but not great either
by flashover
I had flown out of the MSP airport before I moved to the area and always liked it. I have worked at the airport for a year now and keep finding secret and quiet places to take a cat nap or just to study after work.
I highly recommend Concourses A and B, which are the newest areas. You may feel you're in Siberia because it's the gates for the smaller planes and not too many people are around. But it's quiet and there's lots of leather chairs or out of the way places if you want to sleep on the floor. There's an underground tunnel with a moving walkway and colored lights that is very cool.
Next would be an upstairs seating area that's located above Ike's and Starbucks in the main concourse area. There's leather chairs and quiet at night.
There's also a family room that is tucked out of the way that has a couch and chairs. It's located across form the main French Meadow cafe in the main concourse outside the entrance to the E concourse. It's small and seems to be a secret, but there's 2 private bathrooms for cleaning up without having an audience.
As far as food and drink, the food court style eateries and bars close at 9 p.m., the fine dining and nicer bars at 10 p.m., but McDonalds and Subway are 24 hour and are in the beginning of the G concourse. Caribou Coffee close at 10 p.m , but there's a vending machine area that's in a hallway around the corner from Wilson's Leather in the main concourse before the beginning of the G area. It's cheaper, has two microwaves, better selection of food and has a pretty good coffee vending machine. 40 cents!
Um, you may want to rethink sleeping in this place
by daisyhalfwit
This was the worst night of my life. I was stranded here due to bad weather. I was constantly on waitlists for a flight home/booked on canceled flights, so I had to stay. Hundreds of people were also stuck there for the night, so the constant activity made it extremely difficult to sleep. Since there were so many people around, it was also hard to find a good, quiet place. I tried to lay down on some armrest-less chairs, but they were not screwed down to the floor and threatened to tip over any time I moved.
Food was also very expensive here. I got a simple chicken finger dinner and I paid 14.00, not including drink, tax and tip.
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- leather couches upstairs
- chairs with armrests
- padded benches
- frequent announcements
- bring your own food
