Minneapolis-St Paul International in February 2026

80.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 7,923 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 7,767 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 81.2% of the time (7,920 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	82.4%	79.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.3%	80.1%	78.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.6%	1.4%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	13.6 min	14.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	264	259	313	17,168
Scheduled departures	7,923	7,767	114,287	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,229	53%	80.0%	-0.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,169	27%	77.1%	6.2 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	393	5%	86.5%	-8.7 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	339	4%	82.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	302	4%	78.5%	-0.9 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	128	2%	75.0%	-5.7 min	7.0%
MQ Envoy Air	125	2%	76.8%	3.9 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	106	1%	76.4%	4.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	81	1%	71.6%	7.2 min	9.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	51	1%	80.4%	-5.7 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	442	78.3%	2.4 min	0.2%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	378	81.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	264	85.2%	-7.8 min	0.0%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	260	75.8%	4.8 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	240	81.7%	-6.2 min	0.8%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	200	69.5%	2.2 min	5.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	180	83.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	179	80.4%	1.6 min	2.2%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	174	76.4%	10.6 min	0.6%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	166	74.1%	16.5 min	0.0%
MSP–EWR	Minneapolis to Newark	157	75.2%	-6.3 min	8.3%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	157	80.3%	-0.3 min	0.6%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	53.2%	38.2%	56,450
Late-arriving aircraft	14.1%	37.2%	14,972
National Aviation System	22.5%	18.5%	23,880
Extreme weather	10.2%	6.0%	10,820
Security	0.0%	0.2%	26

106,148 delay minutes on 1,535 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 February 2026?

80.8% of 7,923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.4% of 7,767 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 1.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

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