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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Cincinnati

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

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
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 78% of the time across 1,352 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–CVG flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–CVG flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 75%.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–CVG flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon76%(200 flights)
  • Tue79%(199 flights)
  • Wed82%(198 flights)
  • Thu78%(197 flights)
  • Fri75%(199 flights)
  • Sat83%(153 flights)
  • Sun75%(193 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(360 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(3 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(346 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(270 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(326 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 82% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%114
July 202571%116
August 202580%113
September 202589%107
October 202592%116
November 202578%107
December 202566%113
January 202672%99
February 202681%106
March 202671%115
April 202681%115
May 202677%118

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.