Minneapolis-St Paul International in September 2023

85.2%departed on time

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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,226 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 86.5% of the time (10,230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, national aviation system 19% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSP in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	85.2%	—	79.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	78.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	14.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	341	—	313	18,978
Scheduled departures	10,226	—	114,287	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,647	55%	85.1%	0.4 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,108	21%	89.1%	0.2 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	641	6%	84.2%	0.3 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	514	5%	78.8%	7.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	511	5%	84.5%	0.8 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	357	3%	82.6%	3.7 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	111	1%	82.9%	-4.8 min	0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	82	1%	85.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	60	1%	80.0%	3.3 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	55	1%	50.9%	56.6 min	5.5%
OH PSA Airlines	52	1%	73.1%	5.6 min	5.8%
YX Republic Airline	51	0%	66.7%	0.4 min	11.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	559	85.2%	-1.7 min	0.4%
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	390	79.5%	7.8 min	0.8%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	312	88.1%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	288	87.5%	-2.8 min	0.3%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	252	82.1%	7.2 min	0.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	249	91.6%	-6.6 min	0.4%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	243	89.7%	-8.1 min	0.0%
MSP–BOS	Minneapolis to Boston	223	66.8%	19.5 min	1.3%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	222	86.0%	-6.6 min	0.5%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	214	83.2%	2.2 min	0.0%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	202	84.2%	2.1 min	2.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	202	69.3%	18.5 min	2.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.0%	36.4%	51,950
Late-arriving aircraft	18.0%	38.3%	17,993
National Aviation System	18.7%	19.9%	18,711
Extreme weather	11.2%	5.1%	11,151
Security	0.1%	0.2%	64

99,869 delay minutes on 1,460 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MSP on time in September 2023?

85.2% of 10,226 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.