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Airport month · October 2023
Minneapolis-St Paul International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,650 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 88.1% of the time (10,653 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 16% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 87.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.5% | — | 79.8% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 87.0% | — | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 1.4% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.9 min | — | 14.9 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 355 | — | 313 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,650 | — | 114,287 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5,924 | 56% | 87.9% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,017 | 19% | 87.1% | 1.0 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 726 | 7% | 81.8% | 1.6 min | 0.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 587 | 6% | 88.8% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 515 | 5% | 88.3% | -5.2 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 358 | 3% | 83.8% | 12.3 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 121 | 1% | 86.8% | -5.2 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 89 | 1% | 92.1% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 68 | 1% | 88.2% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 62 | 1% | 75.8% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 62 | 1% | 82.3% | 10.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 59 | 1% | 61.0% | 43.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 565 | 82.7% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 418 | 86.4% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 334 | 91.6% | -5.6 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 300 | 85.0% | -0.1 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 273 | 89.0% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 268 | 81.0% | 10.9 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 250 | 86.0% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 246 | 91.5% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–BOS | Minneapolis to Boston | 238 | 80.3% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 228 | 85.5% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–EWR | Minneapolis to Newark | 212 | 85.8% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DCA | Minneapolis to Washington | 208 | 88.9% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in October 2023?
87.5% of 10,650 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.