Carriers - Northwest Airlines History Center

This website is a terminal for airlines across distance and time – connect through here to discovery hubs for each of the carriers docked on our concourses! For each company, these landing pages give you brief histories and links to the many resources on our site such as route maps and timetables, financial reports and the airplanes they flew, staff newsletters, and more.

Legacy carriers – – –

Northwest – coming soon

Northwest Cargo – coming soon

Republic Airlines – coming soon

North Central (including Wisconsin Central)

Southern

Hughes Airwest (including Air West)

Bonanza

Pacific Air Lines (including Southwest Airways)

West Coast (including Empire and Zimmerly)

Airlink carriers and commuter partners – – –

Mesaba

Big Sky

Express I / Pinnacle

Compass

Fischer Brothers Aviation

Simmons

Precision – coming soon

Northeast Express (including Valley Airlines) – coming soon

Pacific Island Aviation

Dolphin

Historic contributors – – –

Dickinson Air Service – coming soon

Mamer Air Service –coming soon

Visit our museum:

Visit us at the Crowne Plaza AiRE Hotel in Bloomington, MN! Regular museum hours are Thursdays and Fridays 11 am – 5 pm and Saturdays 10 am – 2 pm (check our Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram feeds for notice of temporary schedule changes). And consider joining our crew as a volunteer docent to help us continue to maintain and extend our open hours.

Parking Ramp is Under Construction – please follow posted signs for hotel parking. Access into the hotel itself during the construction activity is best done through the ground floor main entrance.

Building Interior Directions and Accessibility:

Please see our photo guide for navigating the Crowne Plaza AiRE Hotel to reach our museum, located on the third floor, across from the exercise studio.

For patrons with mobility concerns, access to the elevators to reach the 3rd floor is controlled by the hotel’s front desk for guests’ and residents’ security. Museum staff are not able to operate the elevators. The hotel’s front desk telephone is (952) 854-9000 if Crowne Plaza staff are not on hand to assist.

The street address for the hotel is 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington MN 55425. It is located just south of MSP Airport, off Interstate 494 at the 34th Avenue Exit, intersection of American Boulevard.

Metro Transit Blue Line light rail stops just outside the hotel at the American Boulevard station, offering direct service to the airport, Mall of America, and Downtown Minneapolis. It is also served by the #54 bus line (toward Downtown St. Paul and Maplewood) and #345 (toward Woodbury).