Minneapolis-St Paul International in December 2023

88.6%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 9,904 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 89.5% of the time (9,917 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, extreme weather 26% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.6%	—	79.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.2%	—	78.1%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	14.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	330	—	313	19,013
Scheduled departures	9,904	—	114,287	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,424	55%	91.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,950	20%	86.8%	-7.0 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	688	7%	89.1%	-10.5 min	1.6%
9E Endeavor Air	658	7%	86.5%	-7.4 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	371	4%	90.6%	-5.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	292	3%	86.6%	-6.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	120	1%	90.8%	-14.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	117	1%	74.4%	3.6 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	106	1%	82.1%	-8.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	1%	92.9%	-21.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	44	0%	84.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	0%	83.3%	-12.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	516	91.5%	-13.8 min	0.6%
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	363	89.8%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	287	88.9%	-5.4 min	0.3%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	273	84.6%	-4.4 min	2.2%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	257	94.6%	-22.1 min	0.4%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	236	89.0%	-10.4 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	220	91.4%	-19.8 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	202	95.5%	-21.9 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	199	85.9%	-5.3 min	0.0%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	191	89.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	185	92.4%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	184	95.7%	-16.4 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	37.1%	28,687
Late-arriving aircraft	12.9%	38.8%	8,990
National Aviation System	20.2%	17.6%	14,123
Extreme weather	25.6%	6.2%	17,839
Security	0.2%	0.3%	123

69,762 delay minutes on 1,009 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 December 2023?

88.6% of 9,904 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.