On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Minneapolis to Marquette: on-time record

Minneapolis-St Paul International to Marquette Sawyer Regional

66.4%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

66.4% of scheduled MSP to MQT flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 324 flights between Minneapolis and Marquette by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 300 miles.

That is 9.6 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 11.7 points below the 78.1% recorded for all departures from MSP. Flights that did arrive were 23.4 min late on average, and 4.6% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 324 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at MSP), flights leaving from 12 pm to 1 pm had the highest on-time share, 77.1%; those leaving from 2 pm to 3 pm had the lowest, 55.1%.

The on-time share is down 15.0 points on the previous 12 months (81.4%); cancellations moved from 2.9% to 4.6%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 63%, extreme weather 32% and national aviation system 5%.

66.4%arrived on timenational 76.0%
23.4 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
4.6%cancellednational 1.8%
27flights a month324 in 12 months · 300 miles
Every scheduled MSP to MQT flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines324100%66.4%23.4 min4.6%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureMSP to MQTAll departures from MSPAll arrivals at MQTAll reported flights
Arrived on time66.4%78.1%69.5%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late28.4%20.2%23.9%21.9%
Cancelled4.6%1.4%5.5%1.8%
Diverted0.6%0.3%1.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay23.4 min6.0 min21.4 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights3,0181,5222,8021,684
Scheduled flights324114,2871,4327,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, MQT to MSP, recorded 65.7% on time across 324 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled MSP to MQT flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 66.4% against 81.4% (−15.0 pts), cancelled 4.6% against 2.9%, flights 324 against 210.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave MSP (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier63.4%33.3%6,010
Late-arriving aircraft0.0%39.7%0
National Aviation System4.6%20.7%437
Extreme weather32.0%6.1%3,028
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,475 delay minutes on 92 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan5954.2%5.1%37.6 min2
Feb5667.9%3.6%21.1 min2
Mar5463.0%13.0%18.8 min2
Apr5276.9%5.8%10.0 min2
May5477.8%0.0%9.8 min2
Jun5176.5%2.0%5.3 min2
Jul5474.1%1.9%13.8 min2
Aug3183.9%0.0%7.3 min1
Sep3076.7%0.0%17.8 min1
Oct3187.1%0.0%-4.4 min1
Nov3187.1%0.0%5.7 min1
Dec3158.1%12.9%27.2 min1

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Minneapolis (MSP)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MSP–ORDMinneapolis to Chicago6,34468.5%17.0 min2.8%
MSP–DENMinneapolis to Denver5,82177.6%7.0 min0.7%
MSP–ATLMinneapolis to Atlanta3,49781.6%2.4 min0.5%
MSP–DFWMinneapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth3,29375.2%8.7 min2.4%
MSP–PHXMinneapolis to Phoenix3,01979.3%5.8 min0.9%
MSP–SEAMinneapolis to Seattle2,68580.4%2.6 min1.0%
MSP–DCAMinneapolis to Washington2,60071.8%11.8 min3.0%
MSP–CLTMinneapolis to Charlotte2,44879.8%2.7 min1.5%

All 122 routes and the airport record for MSP · airport record for MQT

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Minneapolis to Marquette on time?

66.4% of the 324 flights scheduled from MSP to MQT in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from MSP to MQT?

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Minneapolis and Marquette?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 63%, extreme weather 32%, national aviation system 5%, late-arriving aircraft 0%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from MSP?

Flights scheduled to leave MSP from 12 pm to 1 pm arrived on time 77.1% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 2 pm to 3 pm at 55.1%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 66.4%, down 15.0 points on the previous 12 months (81.4%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.