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Airport month · August 2023
Minneapolis-St Paul International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 11,271 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 83.9% of the time (11,271 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 83.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | — | 79.8% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 83.4% | — | 78.1% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.0 min | — | 14.9 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 376 | — | 313 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,271 | — | 114,287 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 6,471 | 57% | 81.9% | 1.6 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,997 | 18% | 91.0% | -4.8 min | 0.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 739 | 7% | 82.7% | 3.2 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 695 | 6% | 80.3% | 3.6 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 507 | 4% | 80.9% | 2.9 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 401 | 4% | 84.3% | 4.5 min | 0.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 106 | 1% | 77.4% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 104 | 1% | 74.0% | 8.3 min | 1.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 62 | 1% | 85.5% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 61 | 1% | 91.8% | -10.8 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 47 | 0% | 87.2% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 33 | 0% | 84.8% | -4.3 min | 3.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 583 | 77.9% | 5.4 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 413 | 76.5% | 6.3 min | 1.7% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 333 | 82.9% | 0.4 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 327 | 79.5% | 3.2 min | 0.6% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 296 | 86.1% | 1.2 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 256 | 86.7% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 239 | 85.4% | 2.9 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–LAX | Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 235 | 87.7% | -5.6 min | 0.9% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 229 | 79.0% | 2.5 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 224 | 79.9% | 0.0 min | 0.9% |
| MSP–DCA | Minneapolis to Washington | 217 | 79.7% | 0.9 min | 0.9% |
| MSP–BOS | Minneapolis to Boston | 213 | 79.8% | 1.2 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in August 2023?
81.9% of 11,271 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MSP · methodology · corrections.