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Delta Air Lines MSP to PHL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on MSP to PHL arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (59%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 72.6% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 85.0% on time, 0.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 84.8% on time, 3.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 74.1% on time, 3.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.8% on time, 5.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.3% on time, 4.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.2% on time, 6.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 84.8% on time, 1.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.0% on time, 6.0% 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)59%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Late-arriving aircraft18%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MSP to PHL

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

1,212 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 33 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.