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Route Reliability

ESC → Minneapolis

ESCMSP · 304 miles · ESC Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
4.9%
Cancelled
263
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 263 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 85% and 86% across the day.

Monday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 88% on time on Mondays against 84% on Fridays.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ESC–MSP flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(49 flights)
  • Tue(5 flights)
  • Wed87%(46 flights)
  • Thu88%(48 flights)
  • Fri84%(49 flights)
  • Sat(4 flights)
  • Sun88%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(179 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(27 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(44 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 86% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%22
July 202586%22
August 2025100%21
September 202596%23
October 202591%23
November 202579%19
December 202558%19
January 202682%22
February 202690%20
March 202682%17
April 202690%19
May 202687%23

Based on 263 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.