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Delta Air Lines DCA to MSP on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Washington to Minneapolis · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
31 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
91 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on DCA to MSP arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (50%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 71.2% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.8% on time, 1.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 91.6% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 88.1% on time, 1.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.5% on time, 0.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.4% on time, 5.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.5% on time, 3.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.8% on time, 4.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 82.1% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.8% on time, 2.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 58.2% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)50%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to MSP

Full DCA to MSP comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,698 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 31 cancelled, 2 diverted.

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.