MSP · Flying Cloud · St. Paul Downtown
Black car service in Minneapolis
From November to March the schedule is built around the weather rather than adjusted for it.
| Route | Off-peak | Peak | Sedan | SUV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP → Downtown Minneapolis | 18–25 min | 28–45 min | $114.63 | $119.63 |
| MSP → Downtown St. Paul | 16–22 min | 26–40 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| MSP → North Loop | 20–26 min | 30–48 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| By the hour | 3-hour minimum | from $116/hr | Quoted | |
Weekday afternoon examples from our quote engine, Oct 2026, including the 20% chauffeur gratuity, tolls, parking, airport fees, surcharges and taxes. Your quote is confirmed in writing and held for 72 hours.
The airport access fee is shown on its own line and already in the total.
Sedan: up to 3 passengers and 3 bags. SUV: up to 6 passengers and 6 bags.
Booking in Minneapolis
From November to March the schedule is built around the weather rather than adjusted for it, and the meeting point is often a level above the street. Chauffeured sedans and SUVs across Minneapolis and St. Paul — one airport sitting neatly between the two downtowns, a skyway system that changes where a vehicle should actually meet you, and a winter that decides the timing of everything from November to March. Booked and managed by Executive Black Car, driven by vetted local operators who work these roads every day.
- Gratuity and airport fees included
- Rate agreed in writing, no surge pricing
- Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup
- Free waiting: 60 minutes at airports, 15 minutes elsewhere
Booking for someone else
- With a corporate account, confirmation and chauffeur details go to you and, if you want, the traveller
- Cost centre or PO on the invoice, with a corporate account
- One monthly invoice across all 27 cities — open a corporate account
Travelling yourself
- Meet-and-greet at arrivals; your flight is tracked, so early and late landings are handled
- One number, answered 24/7: 1-866-EXEC230
Every operator must hold
- Licensed and permitted for the city and its airports
- $1M combined single limit, certificate on file naming Karfis Enterprises LLC
- Background and driving-record checks, attested
- Two vehicle classes, the same in every city
Choose your trip
MSP airport transfers
Two terminals, winter timing and the two downtowns
Corporate & roadshows
Two downtowns, the western corridor and skyway pickups
Private aviation
MSP FBOs, Flying Cloud, St. Paul Downtown and Anoka
Hotel transfers
Downtown, the North Loop, Bloomington and St. Paul
Events & venues
The stadiums, the arenas and the Hennepin theatres
Universities & campuses
U of M, the Twin Cities colleges and the Rochester run
Minneapolis airports
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International (MSP)
Two terminals that are genuinely separate buildings on opposite sides of the airfield, connected by a light rail shuttle rather than a walkway. Terminal 1 carries most of the traffic and Terminal 2 the low-cost carriers, and a vehicle sent to the wrong one is a long way from being useful. We confirm the terminal against the flight number on the day and meet inside arrivals.
Terminal 1 & Terminal 2 · Genuinely separate · Meet & greet
Private aviation
Flying Cloud in Eden Prairie and Anoka County-Blaine handle much of the region’s private movement, with St. Paul Downtown sitting closest to the capitol and MSP taking private traffic on its own ramp. For a day in the western suburbs Flying Cloud saves a real drive. For private arrivals we work from the tail number and coordinate with the FBO directly. Tell us the field and the FBO when you book and we will confirm coverage before you travel.
Flying Cloud · St. Paul Downtown · FBO ramp pickups
Where we work in Minneapolis
Downtown Minneapolis & the North Loop
Skyway city: we meet at a building entrance, not a corner. The corporate core, with the skyway system connecting most of it above street level. That matters for a pickup: in February a passenger will not walk outdoors to find a car, so we agree a building entrance rather than a street corner.
Downtown St. Paul & the capitol
Two downtowns in one day is a real cross-town run. The state capitol, the legal district and a quieter downtown that is easier to drive than its neighbour. A day working both downtowns is a genuine cross-town run rather than two stops in one city.
Bloomington, the Mall & the south
The shortest airport transfers in the market. Immediately around the airport, with the Mall of America, a substantial hotel cluster and a good deal of corporate office space. These are the shortest airport transfers in the market by a wide margin, which makes the district a sensible base for anyone flying in and out quickly.
Edina, Minnetonka & the west
Recurring work here rewards a consistent chauffeur. The western suburbs carry a large share of the region’s corporate headquarters and executive residential work. A great deal of our work in this corridor is recurring, which is the kind of booking that rewards a consistent chauffeur.
Winter, and what it actually changes
Winter slows everything at once, so we build in allowance. Minnesota clears its roads better than almost anywhere, so the driving is rarely the problem. What changes is that everything slows at once — de-icing, surface streets, loading in the cold.
Typical journey times across the Twin Cities
MSP sits between the two downtowns rather than beyond one of them, which makes both runs short by the standards of most metropolitan areas.
| From | Approx. distance | Off-peak | Allow in peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Minneapolis | 12 miles | 18–25 min | 28–45 min |
| Downtown St. Paul | 11 miles | 16–22 min | 26–40 min |
| North Loop | 13 miles | 20–26 min | 30–48 min |
| Bloomington & Mall of America | 3 miles | 8–12 min | 15–25 min |
| Edina | 9 miles | 15–20 min | 24–38 min |
| Minnetonka & the west suburbs | 20 miles | 25–32 min | 38–58 min |
Hotels, venues and campuses we run to
Hotel transfers in Minneapolis
Most downtown properties connect to the skyway, which means a February pickup is agreed at a building entrance rather than a street corner. It sounds like a detail and it is the difference between a comfortable departure and a cold one.
Events & venues in Minneapolis
U.S. Bank Stadium and Target Field both empty into the same downtown grid, and a Vikings Sunday is the largest movement the region sees. We collect from an agreed point several blocks out rather than the gates.
Rochester is the run worth naming: patients and families travel there constantly from MSP, it is roughly ninety minutes each way, and it is quoted per trip rather than hourly.
- Minneapolis Convention Center
- Target Center
- Target Field
- U.S. Bank Stadium
- Orpheum Theatre
- State Theatre
- Guthrie Theater
- Xcel Energy Center
- Walker Art Center
Culture, dining and the region
- Stillwater
- Interlachen Country Club
- Nicollet Mall
- Lake Minnetonka
- Rochester & Mayo Clinic
- Duluth & the North Shore
- Hazeltine National
Universities & campuses in Minneapolis
The university spans both banks of the Mississippi and the two campuses are a genuine journey apart, so the bank matters as much as the building. Rochester and the Mayo Clinic are a routine long-distance run from here, quoted per trip.
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