While the COVID-19 pandemic proved challenging at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2021, last year did mark growth in the number of people working at the airport and in the number of security badges issued.

The full-year statistics from the Badging Office for 2021 remain below the 2019, pre-pandemic peak. However, we continued to see growth in 2021 and are hopeful for continued safe operations in 2022 and growth in the number of airport passengers and employees.

2020                                                         2021

18,085 badges created                    19,244 badges created

7,386 fingerprinted                           8,040 fingerprinted

2021 MSP Airport Badging statistics

• > 8,000 new applicants badged (compared to 8,858 in 2019 - pre-pandemic)
• > 11,200 badges renewed or replaced
• > 4,700 people processed for SIDA training
• > 350 people attended remedial SIDA training
• > 434 people attended initial Authorized Signer Training
• > 1,169 people processed for Annual Signer Retraining
• Total number of active badges – 16,111 (compared to 19,500 in 2019, pre-pandemic; a 17.3 percent decline from 2019)

As we move further into the recovery from the pandemic and hiring activity increases, it’s important to go through your list of employees and identify those who are on a leave-of-absence.

Many employees were placed on leave during the pandemic, and this is a good time to revisit whether their security badge has expired.

You can use the Signer Portal to access all the information about your roster of employees and check their status.

If you find employees who are no longer active but still have a security badge, please notify the Badging Office at badging@mspmac.org and return the expired badges.