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Delta Air Lines MSP to EWR on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.1%
51 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on MSP to EWR arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (44%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.5% on time, 5.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 71.6% on time, 2.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 69.5% on time, 4.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 61.5% on time, 10.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.9% on time, 5.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.7% on time, 8.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.6% on time, 6.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 87.4% on time, 1.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 91.8% on time, 1.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 85.6% on time, 3.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.5% on time, 7.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft11%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MSP to EWR

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

1,250 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 51 cancelled, 8 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.