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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Minneapolis

STLMSP · 448 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,233
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines83%1,583 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%650 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

STL–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

STL–MSP flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 75%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

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
  • Mon75%(333 flights)
  • Tue87%(323 flights)
  • Wed86%(320 flights)
  • Thu86%(330 flights)
  • Fri79%(334 flights)
  • Sat81%(257 flights)
  • Sun75%(315 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(606 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(478 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(195 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(591 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(170 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(172 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 75% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%195
July 202574%205
August 202587%203
September 202583%201
October 202586%191
November 202584%167
December 202571%170
January 202683%155
February 202686%147
March 202677%183
April 202683%192
May 202687%203

Based on 2,233 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.