Delta Sky Club – Minneapolis F Concourse
I had approximately an hour between arrival and departure for my connecting flight at Minneapolis. The gate my flight was leaving out of was F9, and so I decided to visit and review the Delta Sky Club in the F Concourse of the Lindbergh Terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Wow, what a mouthful.
I exited gate F5 at Minneapolis and walked down the F concourse to F1 and the intersection with the G concourse. The Sky Club’s bright blue glass doors help identify the lounge as they are sort of hidden behind an elevator. Upon entering the lounge, I presented my membership card and was polity checked in by the friendly associate.
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As the sign says – check-in
The Delta Sky Club at Concourse F is a large and open expanse. There is a slightly portioned off business area at one end and quite section at another; but other than that it is one big connected space. The current version of this club was updated in 2011 and the size is 12,000-sqft (in fairness that number most likely includes employee support areas).
With all this space you would think there is plenty of room for the visiting membership to relax and enjoy. As was the case with my recent review to the Salt Lake City club, this club also is frequently overcrowded. It’s a great club, nicely designed and well laid out; and most of the time it is packed with people.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP) like Salt Lake City is a fortress hub. It is Delta’s 5th largest hub and Delta controls over 70% of the passenger movements at the airport. In 2015 that was well over 25 million passengers during the year. And with all this traffic Delta has 2 locations to accommodate their Sky Club business.
Entry in looking right – business section in far background
Panning the space left
Main seating area of club
Second view of main area
Walkway down to main seating against dining space
Quiet section in very back
View from back into space
Main dining – I like the bright red Delta chairs
Back portion of dining
Club bar next to dining area
Sideboard area
I meant to get a photo of the business section and that escaped me. I also wanted some photo’s of other area’s of the lounge including the food and some service area’s, and it was to busy. After 20 minutes in this lounge I decided to walk the main Airport Mall before boarding for my final flight home.
In Summary:
Delta has done a commendable job updating and improving many of the Sky Clubs domestically in the U.S. I really enjoyed my visit to Boston Sky Club in the main terminal. Most other Sky Club locations are very good. The Minneapolis Sky Club by concourse F is a good club as well. The food offering is tasty, varied, and essentially the same as the other Sky Clubs. The design look is fresh and modern and the Delta staff cares about the customer. The overcrowding of the club itself tends to mask these quality traits.