Delta Air Lines MSP to ORD on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 8
route average 71% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on MSP to ORD arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.3% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (40%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
- Late-arriving aircraft16%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSP to ORD
- United Airlines70% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Envoy Air75% on time · 18 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines67% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Republic Airways76% on time · 23 min avg delay
- American Airlines75% on time · 25 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines55% on time · 37 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines42% on time · 50 min avg delay
Full MSP to ORD comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,422 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 33 cancelled, 6 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.