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Delta Air Lines ORD to MSP on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
36 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
92 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 8
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on ORD to MSP arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 74.5% on time, 0.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.5% on time, 3.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 45.9% on time, 4.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 56.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 58.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 62.3% on time, 10.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 74.5% on time, 1.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.4% on time, 0.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.5% on time, 3.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.5% on time, 5.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MSP

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

1,421 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 36 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.