Minneapolis-St Paul International in November 2024

89.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,177 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 9,776 departures with 89.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 89.3% of the time (10,167 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	89.6%	89.9%	79.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.7%	90.5%	78.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	6.2 min	14.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	339	326	313	19,180
Scheduled departures	10,177	9,776	114,287	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,447	54%	88.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,173	21%	85.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	602	6%	87.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	539	5%	85.7%	-3.6 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	445	4%	82.0%	5.0 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	418	4%	87.3%	-8.7 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	142	1%	73.9%	6.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	109	1%	79.8%	10.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	100	1%	77.0%	6.5 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	73	1%	89.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	59	1%	93.2%	-15.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	56	1%	83.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	493	83.6%	1.8 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	488	86.1%	-2.0 min	0.2%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	312	85.9%	0.0 min	0.6%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	282	82.3%	0.2 min	0.7%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	263	85.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	232	88.4%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	218	86.7%	-2.5 min	0.9%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	201	88.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	198	92.4%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	197	85.3%	-2.1 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	195	84.6%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	188	94.7%	-19.6 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.3%	36.9%	36,000
Late-arriving aircraft	13.8%	35.6%	10,327
National Aviation System	30.1%	21.9%	22,468
Extreme weather	7.6%	5.4%	5,692
Security	0.2%	0.2%	118

74,605 delay minutes on 1,330 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 November 2024?

89.6% of 10,177 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.9% of 9,776 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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