Direct Flights from Minneapolis to Grand Forks
Grand Forks · North Dakota
Nonstop service from MSP to GFK on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 3 cities fly direct to Grand Forks, and Minneapolis is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Grand Forks for, from Minneapolis
1h 5m in the air, 284 miles: short enough that a single night in Grand Forks is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Grand Forks
Grand Forks is a city in northeast North Dakota, a state in the United States of America. With a population of about 57,000 people in 2017, it's the third largest urban area in the state. There are another 8,600 people in East Grand Forks on the other side of the Red River in Minnesota. Grand Forks is best known for the disastrous flood of 1997 and the productive nearby farms which grow mostly wheat and sugar beets. Grand Forks sits at the center of the former Lake Agassiz which is why this area is so incredibly flat.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Grand Forks
- The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Crookston, Minnesota, in the United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Crookston.
- Turtle River State Park is a public recreation area occupying 775 acres (314 ha) on the Turtle River, two miles (3.2 km) north of the community of Arvilla in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
- Red River State Recreation Area is part of the Greater Grand Forks Greenway and is located in the city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota on the banks of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River.
- The North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA) is the official art museum of the American state of North Dakota.
- Myra Arboretum 26 acres (11 ha), also called Larimore Arboretum, is located on the south branch of the Turtle River in Larimore, North Dakota. The arboretum is located within the Larimore Dam Recreation Area.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Grand Forks weather, compared with Minneapolis
5° cooler than Minneapolis on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Grand Forks 17°F · Minneapolis 24°F · 6° colder
- April
- Grand Forks 50°F · Minneapolis 57°F · 7° colder
- July
- Grand Forks 82°F · Minneapolis 83°F · much the same
- October
- Grand Forks 54°F · Minneapolis 58°F · 4° colder
January bottoms out near 17°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Grand Forks
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Grand Forks is May–June and August–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Grand Forks's highlights, from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Crookston, Minnesota), Turtle River State Park, and Red River State Recreation Area and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Minneapolis to Grand Forks?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP) to Grand Forks (GFK) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Grand Forks?
- Delta flies nonstop between Minneapolis (MSP) and Grand Forks (GFK).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Minneapolis to Grand Forks?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from Minneapolis to Grand Forks.
- How far is Grand Forks from Minneapolis?
- Grand Forks is about 284 miles from Minneapolis by air.
- What is there to do in Grand Forks?
- Popular things to do include Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Crookston, Minnesota), Turtle River State Park, Red River State Recreation Area, North Dakota Museum of Art, and more.
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