Minneapolis-St Paul International in November 2025

82.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,806 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 10,177 departures with 89.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 81.7% of the time (8,802 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	89.6%	79.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.1%	86.7%	78.1%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.1%	1.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	7.2 min	14.9 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	294	339	313	19,018
Scheduled departures	8,806	10,177	114,287	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,187	59%	80.8%	1.5 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,963	22%	80.8%	2.1 min	4.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	459	5%	83.7%	-6.1 min	3.1%
UA United Airlines	389	4%	75.1%	12.0 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	308	3%	76.0%	6.9 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	107	1%	69.2%	5.1 min	7.5%
OH PSA Airlines	107	1%	72.9%	23.5 min	2.8%
YX Republic Airline	97	1%	62.9%	11.3 min	17.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	86	1%	87.2%	1.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	85	1%	78.8%	3.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	18	0%	83.3%	7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	512	67.8%	18.9 min	5.5%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	466	81.8%	-1.3 min	1.9%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	287	83.6%	-0.2 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	270	79.3%	-2.4 min	1.9%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	248	77.0%	13.1 min	0.4%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	214	80.4%	-3.6 min	7.5%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	207	72.0%	6.7 min	1.9%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	202	82.2%	-0.3 min	1.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	188	81.9%	-3.6 min	0.5%
MSP–LAX	Minneapolis to Los Angeles	176	81.3%	-2.2 min	0.6%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	167	62.3%	21.0 min	7.8%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	162	80.2%	-0.6 min	1.2%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.1%	30.2%	51,898
Late-arriving aircraft	17.8%	38.3%	20,493
National Aviation System	29.7%	26.7%	34,179
Extreme weather	7.3%	4.6%	8,420
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

114,990 delay minutes on 1,542 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 November 2025?

82.3% of 8,806 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 89.6% of 10,177 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 2.2% in November 2025.

Provenance

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