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Airport month · January 2024
Minneapolis-St Paul International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,438 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 79.7% of the time (9,431 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, extreme weather 18% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.
- On time 78.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.0% | — | 79.8% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.7% | — | 78.1% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | — | 1.4% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.0 min | — | 14.9 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 315 | — | 313 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,438 | — | 114,287 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,792 | 51% | 83.3% | -2.5 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,137 | 23% | 71.8% | 15.9 min | 2.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 712 | 8% | 78.8% | 5.6 min | 2.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 592 | 6% | 78.5% | -0.8 min | 4.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 389 | 4% | 72.0% | 6.4 min | 7.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 313 | 3% | 70.9% | 12.3 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 108 | 1% | 79.6% | 20.5 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 106 | 1% | 71.7% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 87 | 1% | 85.1% | 1.4 min | 3.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 62 | 1% | 62.9% | 48.9 min | 4.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 59 | 1% | 69.5% | -9.2 min | 16.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 34 | 0% | 88.2% | -11.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 472 | 81.1% | -4.4 min | 3.4% |
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 368 | 66.6% | 14.9 min | 6.0% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 284 | 83.8% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 262 | 88.9% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 229 | 71.6% | 8.6 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 227 | 86.3% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 227 | 74.4% | 4.9 min | 9.3% |
| MSP–MCO | Minneapolis to Orlando | 201 | 77.6% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–LGA | Minneapolis to New York | 197 | 79.2% | 10.4 min | 1.0% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 181 | 82.9% | -12.3 min | 6.1% |
| MSP–DTW | Minneapolis to Detroit | 179 | 83.8% | 4.4 min | 0.6% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 175 | 80.6% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in January 2024?
80.0% of 9,438 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.