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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → Minneapolis

CVGMSP · 596 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,352
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,352 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CVG–MSP flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CVG–MSP flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

CVG–MSP flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(199 flights)
  • Tue84%(200 flights)
  • Wed82%(197 flights)
  • Thu83%(197 flights)
  • Fri81%(199 flights)
  • Sat90%(154 flights)
  • Sun78%(191 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(336 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(353 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(11 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(266 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 86% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%115
July 202578%116
August 202583%113
September 202593%107
October 202591%116
November 202585%107
December 202563%112
January 202678%98
February 202684%106
March 202678%116
April 202687%115
May 202682%116

Based on 1,352 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.