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.

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

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

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

Taxiing out on its sixth day of revenue service.

Dallas Cowboys NFL team charter arriving in wonderful light conditions.

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

Delta 1714 off for Orlando.

Arriving after its third revenue flight, having completed its first earlier in the morning.

Delta 42 rotates off runway 30L, bound for Paris (CDG/LFPG) as an MSP airport snow thrower makes room for more of the record-breaking February snow to come.

Early morning flap-edge vortices.

"Freedom One" departs MSP for the first time in the reddish smoky haze from wildfires out west.

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.

One of my favorites in all its detail.

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

"Giant 8543" touching down on runway 12R.

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

Arriving just before sunrise.

Another unusual visitor to MSP due to another unfortunate medical emergency. Cathay Pacific 806 departs runway 17 to resume her journey from Hong Kong to Chicago O'Hare.

N441UP, equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211 engines, landing on runway 12R as N409UP, equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW2040 engines, holds short in the background.

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

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