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Airport Reliability

MSP · Minneapolis

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
12 min
Average departure delay
82%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 129,450 departures and 129,465 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from MSP departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 83% on time on Tuesdays against 77% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from MSP arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

When MSP gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(1867 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(22333 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(27654 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(24756 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(15012 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(26968 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(8709 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(18849 flights)
  • Tue83%(17969 flights)
  • Wed81%(18101 flights)
  • Thu79%(18765 flights)
  • Fri78%(18795 flights)
  • Sat80%(16129 flights)
  • Sun77%(18691 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 78% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%11297
July 202575%11805
August 202582%11605
September 202586%10760
October 202586%11311
November 202582%10000
December 202563%10070
January 202674%9380
February 202681%8902
March 202678%10264
April 202684%10623
May 202683%11282

Airlines departing MSP

Busiest routes from MSP

Based on 129,450 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.