Minneapolis-St Paul International in January 2025

82.0%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,483 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 9,438 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 82.9% of the time (8,480 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, national aviation system 17% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSP in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	82.0%	80.0%	79.8%	79.3%
Arrived on time	82.4%	78.7%	78.1%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.9%	1.4%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	17.0 min	14.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	283	315	313	17,992
Scheduled departures	8,483	9,438	114,287	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,716	56%	83.2%	-3.0 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,991	23%	80.8%	2.9 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	451	5%	80.0%	-1.4 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	395	5%	82.5%	4.4 min	3.0%
UA United Airlines	355	4%	83.7%	-2.2 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	164	2%	83.5%	-8.5 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	94	1%	69.1%	22.6 min	6.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	1%	91.7%	-9.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	77	1%	80.5%	4.0 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	71	1%	77.5%	6.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	1%	89.7%	-15.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	0%	77.8%	-6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	461	82.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	419	82.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	293	79.2%	11.1 min	2.4%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	280	85.4%	1.0 min	0.7%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	272	78.3%	2.1 min	4.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	212	83.5%	0.1 min	0.5%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	208	79.3%	2.5 min	4.8%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	200	75.5%	2.5 min	0.5%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	199	84.9%	-5.4 min	2.0%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	194	87.1%	-3.6 min	1.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	186	83.3%	-9.1 min	0.5%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	179	89.4%	-8.0 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	60.5%	36.2%	60,279
Late-arriving aircraft	14.7%	34.7%	14,603
National Aviation System	17.0%	19.9%	16,933
Extreme weather	7.8%	9.1%	7,730
Security	0.1%	0.2%	133

99,678 delay minutes on 1,385 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 January 2025?

82.0% of 8,483 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.0% of 9,438 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 1.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.