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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Tucson

MSPTUS · 1,298 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tucson International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
3.5%
Cancelled
173
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 173 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Thursdays have been rough.

MSP–TUS flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–TUS flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(24 flights)
  • Tue92%(24 flights)
  • Wed83%(24 flights)
  • Thu75%(24 flights)
  • Fri83%(24 flights)
  • Sat83%(24 flights)
  • Sun91%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
Apr

Nov 94% → Apr 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202594%18
December 202577%30
January 202672%25
February 202682%28
March 202690%30
April 202687%30

Based on 173 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.