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Airport month · August 2024
Minneapolis-St Paul International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,736 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 11,271 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.8 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 75.4% of the time (11,745 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 75.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.3%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.1% | 81.9% | 79.8% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 75.7% | 83.4% | 78.1% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.5 min | 12.0 min | 14.9 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 391 | 376 | 313 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,736 | 11,271 | 114,287 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 6,892 | 59% | 77.1% | 6.3 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,955 | 17% | 77.3% | 10.5 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 623 | 5% | 75.9% | 6.6 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 617 | 5% | 81.0% | 2.8 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 510 | 4% | 70.2% | 15.1 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 471 | 4% | 69.6% | 14.0 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 154 | 1% | 57.1% | 31.4 min | 3.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 134 | 1% | 67.2% | 12.5 min | 0.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 115 | 1% | 67.0% | 9.5 min | 0.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 101 | 1% | 55.4% | 20.2 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 68 | 1% | 66.2% | 18.5 min | 8.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 57 | 0% | 59.6% | 40.8 min | 7.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 572 | 66.8% | 17.5 min | 0.5% |
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 555 | 76.9% | 7.9 min | 0.5% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 311 | 78.8% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 287 | 73.2% | 8.4 min | 0.3% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 283 | 82.3% | 5.5 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 274 | 77.0% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 256 | 83.2% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 243 | 75.3% | 6.9 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 238 | 75.2% | 2.6 min | 0.8% |
| MSP–LAX | Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 232 | 82.8% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–DTW | Minneapolis to Detroit | 229 | 77.3% | 3.6 min | 0.4% |
| MSP–DCA | Minneapolis to Washington | 211 | 70.1% | 15.3 min | 2.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in August 2024?
77.1% of 11,736 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 81.9% of 11,271 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 0.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.