Compass Airlines, LLC is a regional airline headquartered in Delta Air Lines Building C at
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in
Fort Snelling,
Hennepin County,
Minnesota; prior to December 16, 2009, it was headquartered in
unincorporated Fairfax County,
Virginia,
United States, east of the
Chantilly CDP. The airline launched inaugural service with a single
Bombardier CRJ200LR aircraft under the
Northwest Airlink (now
Delta Connection) brand between
Minneapolis/St. Paul and
Washington, D.C. on May 2, 2007. On August 21, 2007, it began flying two
Embraer 175 76-passenger aircraft, and expanded to 36 aircraft by December 2008.