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Passenger numbers fell 62% at MSP Airport in 2020
The Twin Cities airport was slammed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic reduction in passengers flying through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2020.
The Metropolitan Airport Commission on Friday confirmed that 14.9 million passengers passed through the Twin Cities airport in 2020, a 62% reduction on the record 39.5 million who used the airport in 2019.
Air travel plummeted as countries shut their borders and many Americans chose to stay home rather than risk spreading the virus.
Some 38.5% of the total traffic through MSP happened in January and February, before the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Minnesota.