Minneapolis-St Paul International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,305 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 11,736 departures with 77.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 80.7% of the time (10,298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	81.0%	77.1%	79.8%	76.8%
Arrived on time	80.9%	75.7%	78.1%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.7%	1.4%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	15.5 min	14.9 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	344	391	313	20,079
Scheduled departures	10,305	11,736	114,287	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	6,181	60%	81.6%	3.3 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,176	21%	83.4%	5.6 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	548	5%	76.5%	9.2 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	468	5%	72.0%	17.5 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	392	4%	77.6%	12.5 min	2.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	144	1%	81.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	128	1%	68.8%	4.8 min	3.9%
MQ Envoy Air	88	1%	73.9%	4.6 min	2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	80	1%	77.5%	15.7 min	2.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	60	1%	88.3%	4.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	33	0%	72.7%	46.4 min	6.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	7	0%	71.4%	14.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	549	75.6%	10.7 min	0.4%
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	542	67.7%	13.8 min	1.7%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	317	86.1%	1.2 min	0.6%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	292	87.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	268	74.6%	11.0 min	3.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	251	84.5%	3.3 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	238	75.6%	11.9 min	0.8%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	214	83.6%	5.1 min	0.9%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	209	85.2%	0.6 min	0.5%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	203	70.9%	17.1 min	2.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	198	71.2%	15.5 min	0.5%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	192	87.5%	-1.8 min	1.0%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.0%	33.1%	65,403
Late-arriving aircraft	21.4%	40.5%	27,376
National Aviation System	19.5%	19.2%	25,029
Extreme weather	8.0%	7.0%	10,263
Security	0.1%	0.1%	108

128,179 delay minutes on 1,896 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 August 2025?

81.0% of 10,305 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 77.1% of 11,736 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 0.5% in August 2025.

Provenance

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