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Airport month · March 2024
Minneapolis-St Paul International in March 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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,253 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 84.8% of the time (10,254 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, national aviation system 29% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.
- On time 81.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.8% | — | 79.8% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 81.4% | — | 78.1% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.7 min | — | 14.9 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 342 | — | 313 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,253 | — | 114,287 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5,408 | 53% | 81.6% | 0.2 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,206 | 22% | 83.0% | 2.6 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 670 | 7% | 81.3% | -0.3 min | 1.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 568 | 6% | 83.8% | 1.2 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 380 | 4% | 87.4% | -6.7 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 337 | 3% | 75.1% | 11.8 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 186 | 2% | 58.1% | 24.8 min | 6.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 135 | 1% | 65.9% | 17.0 min | 3.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 128 | 1% | 88.3% | -0.9 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 71 | 1% | 81.7% | -9.8 min | 1.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 67 | 1% | 68.7% | 30.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 34 | 0% | 85.3% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 531 | 82.1% | -0.2 min | 2.4% |
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 453 | 85.7% | -4.8 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 348 | 83.9% | -1.5 min | 0.6% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 295 | 85.1% | -2.4 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–MCO | Minneapolis to Orlando | 271 | 68.3% | 19.8 min | 2.6% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 256 | 77.3% | 4.7 min | 1.2% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 243 | 76.5% | 11.0 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 243 | 85.6% | -0.4 min | 0.8% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 206 | 80.1% | -0.4 min | 1.0% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 206 | 82.5% | -4.4 min | 0.5% |
| MSP–LGA | Minneapolis to New York | 198 | 82.8% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DTW | Minneapolis to Detroit | 185 | 84.9% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in March 2024?
83.8% of 10,253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.