Highway entrances reopen to Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

Officers were responding to the suspicious item found in the north end of the main terminal, a spokesman said.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
July 10, 2024 at 11:57PM
A plane that took off from MSP cruises over a Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood near the Crosstown and Oliver Ave. S Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Minneapolis, MN.] (DAVID JOLES/STARTRIBUNE) djoles@startribune.com A new technology for guiding takeoffs from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will create winners and losers in the fight over plane noise by concentrating more traffic over freeways, a river basin and some neighborhoods. The airports commission this month will consider whether
Entrances into MSP airport were closed Wednesday because a suspicious package was found in the main terminal. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have reopened the highway entrances to the airport’s main terminal after officers cleared a report of a suspicious item at the airport.

Jeff Lea, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said the airport halted road entrances along Hwy. 5 a little after 5:30 p.m. and reopened them about 45 minutes later.

Airport officials cleared the north end of the terminal where the package was found and they blocked any traffic nearby “in case it was something serious,” Lea said.

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