UPS 560 surfs the fog bank over the Minnesota River Valley, spewing a shroud of vapors while on short final for runway 30L this morning.

Deicing during the polar vortex of 2019 with an air temperature of -22°F(-30°C).

Off to Palmdale after a stop at Minneapolis from Stuttgart.

"Lake Virginia", from the Hometown Lakes Project that existed on Sun Country aircraft between 2017 and 2019.

Cleveland Browns NFL team charter departs after they defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 14 - 7.

Dallas Cowboys NFL team charter arriving in wonderful light conditions.

Spewing an assortment of vapors as it flies through the more saturated air in the Minnesota River valley, UPS 560 approaches runway 30L in the early morning.

Main gears off the ground in well under 4,000 feet of roll with this obviously lightly-loaded Western Global 747 that was brought in to augment UPS' peak-season workload for the 2018 holidays.

UPS 2557 with a nice wing-wave from the captain on departure!

Fresh catch of the day.

Someone didn't do a very good job of getting the 1L door latch in place.

Probably the best light I will catch this bird in while it has been parked at MSP since 15 MAY 2021.

After a 30-day stay in Minnesota, the Bahrain Royal Flight departs MSP.

The newest aircraft in the UPS 747 fleet, but not the most recent delivery.

Early morning flap-edge vortices.

FedEx 1156 off for ORD which looks to be a new leg for this flight.

The 150th UPS 747 operation to MSP.

UPS 561 off runway 17 for DFW with traffic departing runway 12R in the background.

Arriving just before sunrise.

One of my favorites in all its detail.

View original size (4320 x 2700)

"Giant 8543" touching down on runway 12R.

First delivery of new Sun Country livery. Former AeroMexico. The registration will be reassigned to N830SY.

View original size (2560 x 1440)

This airframe started life as a passenger mover for American in 1991 before becoming a freight dog for FedEx in 1996.

The new Team USA special livery accelerates down runway 12R basking in the winter sunset.

The 208th 747 that UPS has sent to MSP departs for the return trip to Louisville. This was also the 9th visit here for N582UP.

Bahrain Royal Flight parked on the Humphrey remote apron.

Some nice morning vapors and vortices on the arriving UPS 560 flight.

That perfect moment when the low winter sun is directly behind you as indicated by the shadow.