Direct Flights from Minneapolis to Milwaukee
Milwaukee · Wisconsin
Nonstop service from MSP to MKE on Delta, Sun Country. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
27 cities have a nonstop to Milwaukee, Minneapolis among them.
How long to go to Milwaukee for, from Minneapolis
1h 5m in the air, 297 miles: short enough that a single night in Milwaukee is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city celebrates its heritage as a major center for beer-brewing, and of it German and Polish communities. It is now known for its many festivals.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Milwaukee
- The Milwaukee Art Museum is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection of nearly 35,000 works of art and gallery spaces totaling 150,000 sq. ft.
- The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission, covering an area of 190 acres (77 ha).
- The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is the episcopal see of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- The Milwaukee Public Museum is a natural and human history museum in the Westown neighborhood of Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884.
- Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory is a conservatory located at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The conservatory opened in 1964 following five years of construction.
- Niagara was a 245-foot (75 m) long sidewheel palace steamer launched in 1845. It carried passengers and cargo around the North American Great Lakes. It was owned by the Collingwood Line.
- Lake Park is an urban park covering 138.1 acres (559,000 m2), stretching 1 mile (1.6 km) on a bluff above Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, also referred to as the Haggerty Museum of Art or The Haggerty, is an art museum located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- The Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is an art museum located Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose collection focuses on the historical evolution and visual representation of human labor.
- SS Milwaukee was a train ferry that served on Lake Michigan. It was launched in 1902 and sank with all hands off Milwaukee on October 22, 1929. Fifty-two men were lost with the vessel.
- The Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Washington Park (1900) originally called West Park is a park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. From 1892–1958 the park was home to the Milwaukee County Zoo.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Milwaukee weather, compared with Minneapolis
Within 1° of Minneapolis on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Milwaukee 30°F · Minneapolis 24°F · 7° warmer
- April
- Milwaukee 54°F · Minneapolis 57°F · 3° colder
- July
- Milwaukee 81°F · Minneapolis 83°F · 2° colder
- October
- Milwaukee 60°F · Minneapolis 58°F · 2° warmer
January bottoms out near 30°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Milwaukee
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Milwaukee is May–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Milwaukee rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, and Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Minneapolis to Milwaukee?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP) to Milwaukee (MKE) on Delta, Sun Country.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Milwaukee?
- Delta, Sun Country fly nonstop between Minneapolis (MSP) and Milwaukee (MKE).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Minneapolis to Milwaukee?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Minneapolis to Milwaukee.
- How far is Milwaukee from Minneapolis?
- Milwaukee is about 297 miles from Minneapolis by air.
- What is there to do in Milwaukee?
- Popular things to do include Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee), Milwaukee Public Museum, and more.
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