Minneapolis-St Paul International in October 2025

86.4%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,657 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 11,050 departures with 90.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 87.4% of the time (9,662 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, national aviation system 25% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	86.4%	90.5%	79.8%	80.0%
Arrived on time	84.4%	90.2%	78.1%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	6.1 min	14.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	322	368	313	20,195
Scheduled departures	9,657	11,050	114,287	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,598	58%	83.0%	1.5 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,109	22%	91.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	550	6%	83.1%	3.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	497	5%	78.1%	4.7 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	387	4%	86.0%	4.7 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	137	1%	73.7%	5.9 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	104	1%	85.6%	-5.4 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	102	1%	61.8%	15.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	97	1%	82.5%	10.6 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	46	0%	76.1%	12.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	30	0%	83.3%	8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	574	72.5%	11.4 min	0.0%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	529	79.8%	6.0 min	0.4%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	319	88.1%	-0.4 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	298	82.6%	11.3 min	1.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	268	82.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	246	89.8%	0.3 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	230	88.3%	-8.5 min	1.3%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	224	79.0%	2.4 min	0.9%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	223	83.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	202	72.8%	7.9 min	1.5%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	192	79.2%	2.6 min	0.5%
MSP–PHL	Minneapolis to Philadelphia	192	80.7%	2.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	50.0%	34.0%	44,187
Late-arriving aircraft	22.4%	39.7%	19,761
National Aviation System	25.3%	22.9%	22,391
Extreme weather	2.2%	3.3%	1,985
Security	0.1%	0.1%	82

88,406 delay minutes on 1,477 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 October 2025?

86.4% of 9,657 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 90.5% of 11,050 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 86.4% and 0.2% in October 2025.

Provenance

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