MAC lighting project to reduce energy use

Finance & Commerce
Brian Johnson
02 September 2026

An LED lighting project at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport will force a temporary closure of Runway 17-35.

The Metropolitan Airports Commission said Wednesday that it will close the runway for six weeks starting Sept. 8. During the closure, crews will upgrade electrical systems on the runway and connected taxiways.

As part of the project, workers will replace “all existing elevated and in-pavement halogen fixtures with energy-efficient LED lighting along the entire runway — completing a multiyear effort to modernize airfield lighting,” the MAC said in a press release...

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