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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Anchorage

MSP–ANC · 2,519 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
779
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines75% on time · 705 flights
  • Alaska Airlines87% on time · 74 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–ANC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–ANC flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Fridays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–ANC flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% 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
  • Mon67%(111 flights)
  • Tue81%(109 flights)
  • Wed78%(109 flights)
  • Thu80%(110 flights)
  • Fri84%(109 flights)
  • Sat80%(113 flights)
  • Sun66%(113 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(134 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(28 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(239 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(126 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(247 flights)
On-time trend by month
54%
May

Jun 78% → May 54% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%102
July 202577%124
August 202591%115
September 202585%68
October 202590%61
November 202586%56
December 202539%56
January 202658%48
February 202682%28
March 202670%30
April 202687%30
May 202654%56

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Based on 779 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.