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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Madison

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

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 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 78% of the time across 1,542 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–MSN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MSP–MSN flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–MSN flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
  • Mon79%(224 flights)
  • Tue82%(227 flights)
  • Wed74%(222 flights)
  • Thu79%(222 flights)
  • Fri69%(222 flights)
  • Sat87%(183 flights)
  • Sun80%(222 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(247 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(265 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(325 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(326 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(60 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(299 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 78% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%136
July 202575%145
August 202577%142
September 202590%137
October 202586%146
November 202583%110
December 202560%110
January 202671%117
February 202676%106
March 202678%114
April 202683%116
May 202680%143

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.