Minneapolis-St Paul International in March 2025

81.9%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,453 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 10,253 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 82.8% of the time (9,454 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	81.9%	83.8%	79.8%	79.9%
Arrived on time	80.6%	81.4%	78.1%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	1.1%	1.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	11.7 min	14.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	315	342	313	20,029
Scheduled departures	9,453	10,253	114,287	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,438	58%	78.7%	4.2 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,000	21%	84.5%	0.9 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	508	5%	86.2%	-3.3 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	419	4%	81.9%	1.7 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	348	4%	83.9%	0.6 min	0.3%
YX Republic Airline	240	3%	82.1%	0.6 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	152	2%	73.0%	11.9 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	118	1%	70.3%	6.4 min	6.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	98	1%	84.7%	7.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	1%	80.6%	-8.7 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	1%	77.6%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	21	0%	81.0%	-8.9 min	14.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	512	79.9%	11.6 min	1.8%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	448	84.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	345	78.0%	1.7 min	0.6%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	303	81.2%	2.7 min	0.3%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	280	82.1%	-1.8 min	1.1%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	244	73.8%	13.1 min	0.4%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	233	84.5%	-2.6 min	0.4%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	228	83.3%	-0.4 min	0.4%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	225	77.8%	0.8 min	0.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	202	72.8%	6.4 min	0.5%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	201	69.7%	8.5 min	2.5%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	198	85.9%	-5.4 min	0.5%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.0%	33.0%	54,936
Late-arriving aircraft	19.6%	39.2%	24,424
National Aviation System	26.4%	21.9%	32,965
Extreme weather	10.0%	5.9%	12,530
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

124,855 delay minutes on 1,745 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 March 2025?

81.9% of 9,453 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.8% of 10,253 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.7% in March 2025.

Provenance

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