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Airport month · December 2025
Minneapolis-St Paul International in December 2025
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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,854 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 68.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.5% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 10,471 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of −11.3 points, with flights down 15%.
Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 68.0% of the time (8,863 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, national aviation system 25% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.
- On time 61.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.9%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 68.3% | 79.6% | 79.8% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 61.5% | 75.9% | 78.1% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.4 min | 16.3 min | 14.9 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 295 | 349 | 313 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,854 | 10,471 | 114,287 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5,203 | 59% | 63.2% | 17.3 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,017 | 23% | 56.7% | 33.5 min | 2.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 484 | 5% | 70.5% | 12.7 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 366 | 4% | 59.0% | 27.6 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 328 | 4% | 68.6% | 18.2 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 114 | 1% | 52.6% | 45.6 min | 6.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 98 | 1% | 45.9% | 32.3 min | 4.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 87 | 1% | 41.4% | 29.3 min | 2.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 86 | 1% | 61.6% | 19.1 min | 2.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 70 | 1% | 52.9% | 34.6 min | 5.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | 135.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP–ORD | Minneapolis to Chicago | 502 | 48.4% | 40.7 min | 3.4% |
| MSP–DEN | Minneapolis to Denver | 439 | 61.3% | 22.8 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–DFW | Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 276 | 65.2% | 24.7 min | 1.1% |
| MSP–ATL | Minneapolis to Atlanta | 275 | 75.6% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–PHX | Minneapolis to Phoenix | 268 | 64.2% | 24.5 min | 0.7% |
| MSP–MDW | Minneapolis to Chicago | 215 | 61.9% | 22.0 min | 0.9% |
| MSP–DCA | Minneapolis to Washington | 213 | 64.3% | 19.9 min | 1.4% |
| MSP–SEA | Minneapolis to Seattle | 208 | 51.9% | 28.4 min | 0.5% |
| MSP–CLT | Minneapolis to Charlotte | 184 | 67.9% | 15.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSP–EWR | Minneapolis to Newark | 169 | 52.7% | 22.6 min | 8.3% |
| MSP–LAS | Minneapolis to Las Vegas | 169 | 75.7% | 5.7 min | 1.8% |
| MSP–LAX | Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 168 | 61.9% | 9.7 min | 3.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSP on time in December 2025?
68.3% of 8,854 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 79.6% of 10,471 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 68.3% and 2.3% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.