Route Reliability
Tucson → Minneapolis
TUS–MSP · 1,298 miles · Tucson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- 86%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 2 min
- 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 86% of the time across 173 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Departure time hasn't mattered much.
On-time rates stay between 84% and 86% across the day.
Thursdays have been rough.
TUS–MSP flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Sundays 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.
TUS–MSP flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon88%(25 flights)
- Tue83%(24 flights)
- Wed79%(24 flights)
- Thu75%(24 flights)
- Fri88%(24 flights)
- Sat88%(24 flights)
- Sun100%(22 flights)
- 12–3 PM86%(130 flights)
- 3–6 PM84%(37 flights)
Nov 94% → Apr 93% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | 94% | 18 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 76% | 25 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 30 |
Keep nerding
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.