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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Phoenix

MSPPHX · 1,276 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
3,141
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines90%310 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines80%656 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines79%2,101 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (74 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 82% on time on Saturdays against 77% on Sundays.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 90% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–PHX flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon80%(447 flights)
  • Tue82%(420 flights)
  • Wed82%(432 flights)
  • Thu80%(448 flights)
  • Fri80%(454 flights)
  • Sat82%(452 flights)
  • Sun77%(453 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(103 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(718 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(801 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(680 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(130 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(424 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(250 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 82% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%266
July 202580%273
August 202585%250
September 202588%226
October 202584%267
November 202578%247
December 202565%265
January 202672%241
February 202677%260
March 202685%322
April 202685%259
May 202684%230

Based on 3,141 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.