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Route Reliability

San Jose → Minneapolis

SJC–MSP · 1,575 miles · San José Mineta International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min early
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
509
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 509 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SJC–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 82% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SJC–MSP flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Ticking up lately.

SJC–MSP flights arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% 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
  • Mon91%(77 flights)
  • Tue92%(77 flights)
  • Wed94%(77 flights)
  • Thu94%(78 flights)
  • Fri88%(77 flights)
  • Sat93%(53 flights)
  • Sun84%(64 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(344 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(159 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 91% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%55
July 202588%57
August 202596%55
September 202598%52
October 202588%57
November 202584%44
December 202580%30
January 202689%27
February 202696%25
March 202688%25
April 202696%26
May 202694%50

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 509 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.