For the first time in the history of both Minnesota and Michigan, SAS has arrived at two Delta Hubs, Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
On Thursday (October 24, 2024), Delta announced that arrival of SAF at two of their hub airports, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), a first for both Minnesota and Michigan. Each shipment of over 7,000 gallons of SAF were made from Minnesota and North Dakota-grown winter camelina as part of Delta’s work with the Minnesota SAF coalition. The winter camelina plant produces a rich oil seed, which can be crushed, refined and used to produce SAF.
In Thursday’s announcement, Delta Air Lines’ Chief Sustainability Officer, Amelia DeLuca, said,
“The fact that SAF has been delivered to MSP and DTW is monumental because not only is it the first time SAF has arrived at these airports, both of which are important Delta hubs, but it also demonstrates why collaboration cross the entire SAF value chain is so important – we need all the right stakeholders and partners at the table to drive results.”
Cargill worked with Minnesota and North Dakota growers last fall to plant 2,000 acres of winter camelina, which was harvested this past summer and used as feedstock for SAF production. The camelina was processed at Cargill’s West Fargo crush plant, and then sent to Montana Renewables, LLC (MRL), where it was refined and blended into SAF. The sustainable aviation fuel was then sold to Delta Air Lines and transported by Shell Aviation Montana to MSP, and a Buckeye Partners facility in Dearborn, Michigan, where it was pumped directly by pipeline to DTW. Delta covered the cost of SAF needed for both airports to use the fuel on Delta flights.
Source: Delta Air Lines
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