Minneapolis-St Paul International in October 2024

90.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,050 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 90.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.2% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 10,650 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 91.0% of the time (11,058 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 64%, national aviation system 17% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 90.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	90.5%	87.5%	79.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.2%	87.0%	78.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.1%	1.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.1 min	8.9 min	14.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	368	355	313	20,517
Scheduled departures	11,050	10,650	114,287	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	6,067	55%	90.3%	-6.9 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,297	21%	90.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	576	5%	91.8%	-7.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	552	5%	92.2%	-10.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	549	5%	91.4%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	429	4%	87.4%	1.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	139	1%	83.5%	-0.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	116	1%	78.4%	1.4 min	1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	94	1%	86.2%	5.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	93	1%	92.5%	-12.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	76	1%	82.9%	-6.7 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	27	0%	88.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	565	85.7%	-1.6 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	547	91.2%	-7.6 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	329	91.8%	-5.1 min	0.3%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	304	89.8%	-2.7 min	0.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	275	89.8%	-4.6 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	237	94.1%	-8.4 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	224	89.7%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	222	91.9%	-12.5 min	0.5%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	217	82.0%	2.9 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	206	85.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	205	90.2%	-11.6 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	205	91.7%	-9.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	63.6%	42.7%	37,361
Late-arriving aircraft	16.9%	37.4%	9,921
National Aviation System	17.3%	16.3%	10,154
Extreme weather	2.2%	3.4%	1,267
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

58,703 delay minutes on 1,026 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 October 2024?

90.5% of 11,050 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.5% of 10,650 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 90.5% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

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