Minneapolis-St Paul International in September 2024

89.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,687 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 10,226 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 88.1% of the time (10,682 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MSP in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	85.2%	79.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.5%	85.1%	78.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.5 min	10.6 min	14.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	356	341	313	19,421
Scheduled departures	10,687	10,226	114,287	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,936	56%	91.2%	-7.1 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,070	19%	88.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	585	5%	92.3%	-8.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	575	5%	89.6%	-1.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	527	5%	86.1%	-6.6 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	432	4%	83.3%	3.9 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	121	1%	71.9%	12.4 min	2.5%
YX Republic Airline	101	1%	96.0%	-8.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	99	1%	78.8%	6.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	96	1%	85.4%	-2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	82	1%	67.1%	11.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	33	0%	60.6%	18.9 min	3.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	538	90.5%	-5.6 min	0.2%
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	535	80.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	319	88.1%	-3.6 min	0.3%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	274	90.5%	-6.2 min	0.4%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	264	89.8%	-9.2 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	260	85.0%	1.4 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	247	90.3%	-7.3 min	0.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	228	81.6%	1.5 min	0.9%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	210	89.5%	-9.7 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	203	86.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	203	91.1%	-11.3 min	0.0%
MSP–BOS	Minneapolis to Boston	201	83.1%	-1.8 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.1%	38.6%	30,266
Late-arriving aircraft	22.5%	38.4%	12,830
National Aviation System	18.2%	18.2%	10,356
Extreme weather	6.3%	4.8%	3,564
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

57,017 delay minutes on 1,094 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 September 2024?

89.1% of 10,687 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.2% of 10,226 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 89.1% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.