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Route Reliability

Madison → Minneapolis

MSN–MSP · 228 miles · Dane County Regional Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,542
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 1,542 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSN–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MSN–MSP flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 76%.

Ticking up lately.

MSN–MSP flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon84%(224 flights)
  • Tue82%(227 flights)
  • Wed80%(222 flights)
  • Thu83%(221 flights)
  • Fri76%(221 flights)
  • Sat89%(183 flights)
  • Sun83%(223 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(424 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(380 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(181 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(175 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 82% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%136
July 202586%144
August 202579%141
September 202581%137
October 202590%146
November 202588%110
December 202568%112
January 202680%117
February 202679%106
March 202675%114
April 202688%116
May 202683%142

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Based on 1,542 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.