Minneapolis-St Paul International in April 2026

85.1%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,639 domestic departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so MSP departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 9,168 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MSP that month were on time 85.1% of the time (9,637 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	MSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	85.1%	82.9%	79.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	83.0%	80.7%	78.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	11.8 min	14.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	321	306	313	19,931
Scheduled departures	9,639	9,168	114,287	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,119	53%	84.4%	-0.1 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,697	28%	81.3%	4.0 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	452	5%	84.5%	0.7 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	419	4%	72.6%	21.1 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	342	4%	84.2%	1.5 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	160	2%	81.9%	-3.0 min	2.5%
YX Republic Airline	153	2%	88.9%	-5.6 min	2.0%
OH PSA Airlines	110	1%	78.2%	4.7 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	98	1%	83.7%	3.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	89	1%	94.4%	-7.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSP–ORD	Minneapolis to Chicago	583	73.1%	18.2 min	3.3%
MSP–DEN	Minneapolis to Denver	440	88.6%	-2.5 min	0.2%
MSP–ATL	Minneapolis to Atlanta	283	85.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
MSP–DFW	Minneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	259	74.9%	9.8 min	0.4%
MSP–PHX	Minneapolis to Phoenix	259	85.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
MSP–MDW	Minneapolis to Chicago	220	81.8%	1.1 min	0.9%
MSP–DCA	Minneapolis to Washington	216	80.1%	-2.5 min	0.5%
MSP–MCO	Minneapolis to Orlando	210	82.9%	4.5 min	0.0%
MSP–LAS	Minneapolis to Las Vegas	201	84.6%	-3.4 min	0.5%
MSP–CLT	Minneapolis to Charlotte	197	81.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
MSP–SEA	Minneapolis to Seattle	197	92.4%	-8.0 min	0.5%
MSP–PHL	Minneapolis to Philadelphia	188	82.4%	1.9 min	1.6%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.3%	33.5%	52,360
Late-arriving aircraft	15.3%	40.4%	15,961
National Aviation System	24.0%	21.0%	24,987
Extreme weather	10.1%	5.0%	10,546
Security	0.2%	0.1%	243

104,097 delay minutes on 1,537 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 April 2026?

85.1% of 9,639 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.9% of 9,168 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 0.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

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