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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Los Angeles

MSPLAX · 1,535 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,176
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 2,176 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MSP–LAX flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 73% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–LAX flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–LAX 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.

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
  • Mon77%(319 flights)
  • Tue89%(303 flights)
  • Wed87%(300 flights)
  • Thu85%(315 flights)
  • Fri84%(314 flights)
  • Sat85%(292 flights)
  • Sun74%(313 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(390 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(676 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(342 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(129 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(385 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(234 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 81% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%217
July 202579%231
August 202587%207
September 202593%179
October 202585%186
November 202582%175
December 202567%163
January 202680%142
February 202685%135
March 202689%163
April 202689%175
May 202680%183

Based on 2,176 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.