About the MAC
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The Minnesota Legislature created the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in 1943 to promote the efficient, safe handling of air commerce and to develop the full potential of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area as an aviation center.
As a public corporation of the state, the MAC generates the revenues it needs to operate through rents and user fees, not general tax appropriations. Bonding and financing authority – along with MAC-generated cash and state and federal aviation grants and fees – fund capital investments in the MAC’s seven-airport system. The organization maintains an AA-minus senior bond rating, among the highest of any U.S. airport operator.
Notable actions the board took in 2022
- Approving the MAC’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, which includes the MAC’s new purpose statement - To provide exceptional airport experiences so Minnesota thrives (November 2022).
- Approving extending the duration of MSP’s noise mitigation program (April 2022). This new 2025-2032 noise mitigation program will provide continuity to a program that has existed since 1992 and provided sound mitigation improvements to more than 15,000 single- and multi-family homes in neighborhoods near the airport at a cost of $510 million.
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2022 Awards
Every year, the MAC receives numerous awards for its work across a variety of disciplines, such as financial management, construction projects, airport concessions, winter operations and excellence in customer service.
In early 2022, Airports Council International (ACI-NA) named MSP Airport the "Best Airport in North America for 2021 – the fifth time MSP received the title in six years.
The ACI-NA’s Airport Service Quality program scores airports based on customer surveys asking passengers to rank their experience across 34 satisfaction indicators.
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To celebrate winning Best Airport in North America, the MAC thanked MSP employees in August with goodie bags and cold treats from an ice cream truck on the airfield.