{"id":32104,"date":"2025-06-30T17:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=32104"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:51:00","slug":"msp-partners-with-cbp-on-technology-to-improve-security-wait-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/airports\/msp-partners-with-cbp-on-technology-to-improve-security-wait-times\/%20","title":{"rendered":"MSP Partners with CBP on Technology to Improve Security, Wait Times\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) has partnered with U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> (CBP) to deliver a new initiative aimed at improving security, reducing passenger wait times and enhancing the international arrival experience for passengers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSP is the 12th U.S. airport or port of entry to deploy Enhanced Passenger Processing<\/a> (EPP) technology that uses biometrics to expedite CBP\u2019s screening of arriving U.S. citizens. EPP is a contactless inspection process that leverages auto-capture cameras and biometric facial comparison technology to verify identity, verify U.S. citizenship status, conduct law enforcement vetting, and create a crossing record in CBP systems. It allows CBP officers to focus on the traveler interview rather than on administrative tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEnhanced Passenger Processing leverages facial biometrics to further secure and enhance the traveler experience for U.S. citizens while staying true to our enforcement mandate,\u201d said LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, director of field operations, Chicago Field Office. \u201cTravelers arriving at MSP will feel the benefits of this enhanced process \u2014 secure identity verification, shorter wait times, more efficient processing through Customs, and the improved ability to make connecting flights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved screening technology comes as MSP celebrates expanding international service with the additions of Delta Air Lines\u2019 nonstop routes to Copenhagen and Rome in the last month. This has propelled MSP to a record of 35 nonstop international destinations this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, MSP set a record for total international passengers, 3,569,721 \u2014 nearly 1.8 million were arriving passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe MAC is proud to partner with CBP on this program through dedicated investments in infrastructure and connectivity improvements that enable CBP\u2019s improved screening capabilities for arriving U.S. passengers at MSP,\u201d said Roy Fuhrmann, chief operating officer of the MAC, which owns and operates MSP. \u201cImproved screening efficiency means passengers can clear customs more quickly to conclude their journey at MSP and head home or to make connections and get to their final destination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the process is rapid and touchless, CBP officers will be on hand to instruct passengers on the process and assist them at any given point during screening, as well as to interview travelers as appropriate. Additionally, any passenger wishing to not participate in the EPP process should notify an officer and they will then go through the standard manual entry process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) has partnered with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to deliver a new initiative aimed at improving security, reducing passenger wait times and enhancing the international arrival experience for passengers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). MSP is the 12th U.S. airport or port of entry to deploy Enhanced Passenger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airports","category-minnesota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSP-Enhanced-Passenger-Precessing-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32106,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32104\/revisions\/32106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}