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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → New York

MSPJFK · 1,029 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
1,095
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,095 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSP–JFK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 74% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

MSP–JFK flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Mondays. On Thursdays: 75%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–JFK 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
  • Mon85%(148 flights)
  • Tue84%(154 flights)
  • Wed80%(156 flights)
  • Thu75%(151 flights)
  • Fri82%(151 flights)
  • Sat78%(153 flights)
  • Sun77%(147 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(354 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(349 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(355 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 72% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%90
July 202572%89
August 202585%93
September 202591%88
October 202584%92
November 202582%89
December 202570%86
January 202677%86
February 202678%78
March 202677%86
April 202682%90
May 202688%93

Based on 1,095 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.