Minneapolis-St Paul International in May 2025

81.0%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,896 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 10,850 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 79.4% of the time (9,891 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	81.0%	82.3%	79.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.4%	79.9%	78.1%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.3%	1.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	13.1 min	14.9 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	330	362	313	20,188
Scheduled departures	9,896	10,850	114,287	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,996	61%	79.9%	6.4 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,108	21%	85.5%	2.0 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	480	5%	77.3%	9.3 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	422	4%	80.6%	3.1 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	418	4%	75.4%	13.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	127	1%	70.9%	3.2 min	2.4%
YX Republic Airline	100	1%	66.0%	21.2 min	7.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	79	1%	86.1%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	62	1%	53.2%	17.8 min	9.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	57	1%	78.9%	-0.4 min	1.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	39	0%	61.5%	17.4 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	0%	100.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	566	77.0%	10.9 min	0.9%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	496	72.4%	9.3 min	0.2%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	297	81.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	275	72.4%	10.7 min	2.9%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	269	84.4%	2.4 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	238	86.6%	1.1 min	0.8%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	234	75.6%	11.0 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	233	90.6%	-8.2 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	218	87.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	203	88.2%	-5.3 min	0.5%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	199	74.4%	8.3 min	2.0%
MSP–LGA	Minneapolis to New York	190	74.2%	6.7 min	1.1%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.0%	29.3%	62,745
Late-arriving aircraft	24.8%	37.8%	34,572
National Aviation System	25.7%	25.9%	35,845
Extreme weather	4.5%	6.9%	6,207
Security	0.1%	0.1%	98

139,467 delay minutes on 1,876 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 May 2025?

81.0% of 9,896 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 82.3% of 10,850 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 0.4% in May 2025.

Provenance

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