Minneapolis-St Paul International in November 2023

89.9%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 9,776 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 90.0% of the time (9,766 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 18% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 90.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	89.9%	—	79.8%	86.0%
Arrived on time	90.5%	—	78.1%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.4%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.2 min	—	14.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	326	—	313	18,793
Scheduled departures	9,776	—	114,287	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,384	55%	91.4%	-10.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,918	20%	89.5%	-6.9 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	667	7%	91.0%	-10.6 min	0.3%
9E Endeavor Air	568	6%	89.4%	-9.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	367	4%	90.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	322	3%	88.8%	-6.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	132	1%	95.5%	-14.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	112	1%	87.5%	-7.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	78	1%	82.1%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	70	1%	78.6%	-0.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	59	1%	86.4%	-9.0 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	0%	86.1%	-8.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	497	90.3%	-10.2 min	0.0%
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	400	88.5%	-6.1 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	316	91.5%	-9.9 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	277	87.7%	-6.8 min	0.7%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	248	89.9%	-9.5 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	246	89.0%	-6.9 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	227	93.0%	-11.5 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	210	85.7%	-7.9 min	0.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	200	89.5%	-10.4 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	192	95.8%	-15.1 min	0.0%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	181	95.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
MSP–BOS	Minneapolis to Boston	178	93.3%	-14.5 min	0.0%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	57.3%	42.5%	27,039
Late-arriving aircraft	18.2%	37.3%	8,590
National Aviation System	16.7%	16.2%	7,882
Extreme weather	7.7%	3.7%	3,618
Security	0.1%	0.3%	28

47,157 delay minutes on 916 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 November 2023?

89.9% of 9,776 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.