Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) delays & on-time performance
Minneapolis, Minnesota · 122 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MSP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
1,618 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
71 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 19 min
Figures cover 114,287 departures from MSP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MSP were on time 81% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (80% on time); United Airlines was the least (76%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (89% on time); around 5pm did worst (70%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (51%).
Most delayed routes from MSP
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco69%1,914 flts
- SNA · Santa Ana69%577 flts
- PSC · Pasco/Kennewick/Richland69%365 flts
- ORD · Chicago71%6,344 flts
- SJC · San Jose73%510 flts
- CID · Cedar Rapids/Iowa City74%399 flts
- DCA · Washington74%2,600 flts
- OMA · Omaha74%1,456 flts
- MCO · Orlando75%1,941 flts
- ANC · Anchorage75%781 flts
Most reliable routes from MSP
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATY · Watertown88%365 flts
- ABR · Aberdeen87%754 flts
- RHI · Rhinelander87%724 flts
- MSY · New Orleans87%440 flts
- BRD · Brainerd86%632 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City85%1,598 flts
- BJI · Bemidji85%728 flts
- HIB · Hibbing84%630 flts
- GFK · Grand Forks84%1,078 flts
- CLE · Cleveland83%645 flts
Best airline at MSP
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines | 86% | 0.0% | 15 min | 3 | 135 |
| Alaska Airlines | 82% | 1.2% | 12 min | 3 | 1,231 |
| Republic Airways | 80% | 6.4% | 16 min | 6 | 1,415 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 80% | 1.5% | 18 min | 64 | 27,841 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.2% | 21 min | 7 | 4,233 |
| Delta Air Lines | 80% | 1.2% | 13 min | 91 | 64,787 |
| Southwest Airlines | 79% | 1.0% | 12 min | 10 | 5,731 |
| United Airlines | 76% | 1.2% | 21 min | 6 | 5,320 |
| Envoy Air | 74% | 3.1% | 19 min | 4 | 1,229 |
| Frontier Airlines | 74% | 1.5% | 25 min | 7 | 1,230 |
| PSA Airlines | 74% | 6.2% | 36 min | 3 | 1,128 |
| Allegiant Air | 71% | 0.0% | 24 min | 2 | 7 |
Best time to fly out of MSP
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%1,815 flts
- 6am89%5,949 flts
- 7am86%8,467 flts
- 8am84%6,011 flts
- 9am84%7,438 flts
- 10am82%10,255 flts
- 11am81%7,392 flts
- 12pm82%7,451 flts
- 1pm79%6,129 flts
- 2pm76%7,901 flts
- 3pm74%7,542 flts
- 4pm72%3,363 flts
- 5pm70%2,608 flts
- 6pm73%11,431 flts
- 7pm73%5,403 flts
- 8pm78%7,464 flts
- 9pm77%6,039 flts
- 10pm77%1,629 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)51%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Late-arriving aircraft18%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.