Minneapolis-St Paul International in February 2025

82.4%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,767 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 8,806 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 82.3% of the time (7,766 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, national aviation system 25% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	82.4%	88.3%	79.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.1%	88.0%	78.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.3%	1.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	8.5 min	14.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	259	294	313	16,830
Scheduled departures	7,767	8,806	114,287	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,340	56%	79.8%	0.8 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,797	23%	80.8%	4.5 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	408	5%	86.5%	-5.9 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	340	4%	79.7%	6.3 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	328	4%	83.2%	-0.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	156	2%	78.8%	-3.6 min	4.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	94	1%	77.7%	0.1 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	93	1%	53.8%	26.8 min	8.6%
MQ Envoy Air	77	1%	84.4%	2.0 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	54	1%	87.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	49	1%	61.2%	28.9 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	31	0%	74.2%	15.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	436	82.6%	2.7 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	394	80.2%	0.7 min	0.5%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	263	75.7%	2.5 min	0.4%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	257	80.2%	4.0 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	80.1%	1.4 min	0.8%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	190	83.2%	-0.3 min	1.1%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	185	54.6%	23.9 min	3.8%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	184	85.3%	-8.8 min	1.1%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	179	79.9%	0.4 min	1.7%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	171	81.9%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	167	80.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MSP–DTW	Minneapolis to Detroit	161	78.9%	5.5 min	0.6%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.1%	33.9%	54,096
Late-arriving aircraft	14.2%	36.9%	14,759
National Aviation System	24.9%	22.5%	25,808
Extreme weather	8.8%	6.6%	9,101
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

103,764 delay minutes on 1,485 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 February 2025?

82.4% of 7,767 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.3% of 8,806 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 0.6% in February 2025.

Provenance

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