Minneapolis-St Paul International in December 2024

79.6%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,471 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 9,904 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −9.0 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 79.4% of the time (10,491 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 22% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 75.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.6%	88.6%	79.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	75.9%	89.2%	78.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	1.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	8.4 min	14.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	349	330	313	19,686
Scheduled departures	10,471	9,904	114,287	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,380	51%	77.8%	4.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,330	22%	69.9%	20.5 min	1.9%
9E Endeavor Air	811	8%	79.5%	3.8 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	602	6%	80.1%	1.8 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	420	4%	77.6%	1.0 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	359	3%	79.7%	4.2 min	0.3%
YX Republic Airline	154	1%	69.5%	7.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	110	1%	73.6%	10.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	97	1%	73.2%	-0.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	90	1%	58.9%	27.3 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	54	1%	74.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	47	0%	72.3%	8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	498	78.5%	5.0 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	477	80.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	322	73.6%	7.1 min	0.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	302	74.5%	7.7 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	288	75.3%	5.4 min	2.1%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	229	78.2%	7.7 min	0.9%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	224	80.4%	0.8 min	0.4%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	210	75.7%	6.0 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	207	82.1%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	203	68.5%	11.0 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	201	84.6%	-8.0 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	192	76.0%	3.4 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.2%	34.3%	89,942
Late-arriving aircraft	12.0%	40.2%	20,304
National Aviation System	21.6%	17.8%	36,425
Extreme weather	13.2%	7.5%	22,223
Security	0.0%	0.2%	60

168,954 delay minutes on 2,429 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 December 2024?

79.6% of 10,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.6% of 9,904 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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