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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → San Diego

MSP–SAN · 1,532 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to San Diego International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,325
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,325 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 71% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

MSP–SAN flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–SAN flights arrived on time 86% 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
  • Mon74%(196 flights)
  • Tue83%(191 flights)
  • Wed83%(188 flights)
  • Thu73%(189 flights)
  • Fri74%(194 flights)
  • Sat79%(159 flights)
  • Sun76%(194 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(145 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(583 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(358 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(225 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 71% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%116
July 202569%118
August 202581%113
September 202581%105
October 202584%115
November 202582%112
December 202556%116
January 202668%96
February 202682%84
March 202689%109
April 202690%116
May 202678%111

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Based on 1,325 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.