Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center

Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZMP), (radio communications, "Minneapolis Center") is one of 22 Area Control Centers. It is located at 512 Division Street in Farmington, Minnesota, United States.

The primary responsibility of Minneapolis Center is sequencing and separation of overflights, arrivals, and departures, in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules (IFR).

Minneapolis Center is the 14th busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Minneapolis Center handled 1,846,558 aircraft. Minneapolis Center covers approximately 330,000 square miles of the United States Midwest region, including all or parts of Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri.

Minneapolis Center employs close to 400 air traffic employees, approximately 300 of whom are air traffic controllers. Minneapolis Center lies adjacent to 7 separate Area Control Centers, including Toronto Center, Winnipeg Center, Cleveland Center, Salt Lake City Center, Denver Center, Kansas City Center, and Chicago Center. Minneapolis Center overlies or abuts 18 approach control facilities including Appleton, Bismarck, Des Moines, Duluth, Fargo, Grand Forks, Green Bay, Great Lakes (Saginaw), Lincoln, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minot, Omaha, Rochester, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and St Joseph TRACONs and is responsible for approximately 210 uncontrolled airports with authorized instrument approach procedures.

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