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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"Giant 654" touches down on runway 30L after diverting enroute ANC-ORD due to thunderstorms at the destination.

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

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

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

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"Giant 8543" touching down on runway 12R.

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

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

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.

Arriving just before sunrise.

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

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

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