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Airport month · May 2024
Minneapolis-St Paul International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,850 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 8.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 82.2% of the time (10,847 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.3% | — | 79.8% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | — | 78.1% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | — | 14.9 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 362 | — | 313 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,850 | — | 114,287 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 6,003 | 55% | 79.7% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,053 | 19% | 84.1% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 669 | 6% | 87.9% | 1.1 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 614 | 6% | 78.5% | 8.0 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 463 | 4% | 77.3% | 11.7 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 370 | 3% | 62.2% | 28.3 min | 5.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 168 | 2% | 71.4% | 15.4 min | 1.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 137 | 1% | 72.3% | 13.9 min | 2.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 92 | 1% | 79.3% | 4.4 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 85 | 1% | 75.3% | 5.8 min | 1.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 68 | 1% | 66.2% | 13.8 min | 2.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 65 | 1% | 73.8% | 32.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 606 | 77.9% | 7.0 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 546 | 70.0% | 22.9 min | 0.9% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 316 | 77.8% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 289 | 62.3% | 28.3 min | 5.5% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 271 | 76.0% | 14.6 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 251 | 82.1% | 2.5 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 248 | 76.2% | 8.3 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 241 | 85.1% | -0.4 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 217 | 71.0% | 9.1 min | 1.4% |
| MSP–EWR | Minneapolis to Newark | 212 | 81.1% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–LAX | Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 203 | 84.2% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DCA | Minneapolis to Washington | 201 | 78.1% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in May 2024?
82.3% of 10,850 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.