Minneapolis-St Paul International in September 2025

85.8%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,559 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 10,687 departures with 89.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 84.2% of the time (9,565 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	85.8%	89.1%	79.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.3%	89.5%	78.1%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.2%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	6.5 min	14.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	319	356	313	18,748
Scheduled departures	9,559	10,687	114,287	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,494	57%	86.8%	-2.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,273	24%	86.6%	1.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	532	6%	79.1%	5.3 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	492	5%	78.7%	8.3 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	404	4%	78.2%	8.8 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	117	1%	85.5%	-0.8 min	1.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	77	1%	75.3%	10.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	73	1%	74.0%	6.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	44	0%	84.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	0%	70.4%	0.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	26	0%	88.5%	-8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	536	73.3%	9.7 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	527	81.6%	3.9 min	0.2%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	301	89.7%	-2.4 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	264	91.3%	-10.6 min	0.8%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	256	79.3%	6.7 min	1.2%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	232	82.3%	4.5 min	0.4%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	231	85.7%	-2.3 min	0.4%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	216	82.4%	0.9 min	0.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	205	89.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	203	78.3%	11.8 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	183	92.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	180	92.2%	-7.5 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.4%	34.3%	35,716
Late-arriving aircraft	21.9%	37.4%	17,649
National Aviation System	23.4%	22.6%	18,803
Extreme weather	10.2%	5.6%	8,194
Security	0.1%	0.1%	50

80,412 delay minutes on 1,372 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 September 2025?

85.8% of 9,559 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 89.1% of 10,687 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.8% and 0.1% in September 2025.

Provenance

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