Minneapolis-St Paul International in January 2026

74.7%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 8,055 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.0% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 8,483 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 76.3% of the time (8,067 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, national aviation system 19% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 71.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.4%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSP in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	74.7%	82.0%	79.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	71.0%	82.4%	78.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.4%	1.1%	1.4%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.4 min	13.4 min	14.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	269	283	313	18,133
Scheduled departures	8,055	8,483	114,287	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,571	57%	72.8%	8.3 min	1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,969	24%	66.1%	22.1 min	2.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	382	5%	82.7%	-5.5 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	357	4%	70.0%	9.0 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	320	4%	71.6%	9.0 min	9.1%
YX Republic Airline	133	2%	71.4%	3.7 min	9.0%
MQ Envoy Air	96	1%	55.2%	24.9 min	3.1%
OH PSA Airlines	94	1%	60.6%	23.4 min	11.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	76	1%	69.7%	21.4 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	57	1%	63.2%	17.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	448	58.5%	21.8 min	1.8%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	408	78.9%	7.5 min	1.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	274	81.4%	5.0 min	0.7%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	258	68.2%	8.3 min	8.1%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	245	70.6%	7.7 min	1.6%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	223	64.6%	14.1 min	7.2%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	191	73.3%	12.1 min	7.9%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	186	68.8%	10.5 min	0.5%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	178	73.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	170	76.5%	-5.0 min	8.2%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	167	67.7%	17.2 min	0.6%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	158	61.4%	26.3 min	1.3%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.0%	37.3%	90,188
Late-arriving aircraft	11.0%	35.0%	17,464
National Aviation System	19.4%	18.0%	30,740
Extreme weather	12.5%	9.6%	19,720
Security	0.0%	0.1%	56

158,168 delay minutes on 2,127 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 January 2026?

74.7% of 8,055 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 82.0% of 8,483 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 2.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.