MSP Airport: 81.1% on time, worst at 5 PM

MSP right now

Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.

No disruption reported

Aviation weather is not currently a factor.

Aviation weatherVFR

51°F · wind 12 kt gusting 20

Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.

Updated 07:53 UTC

Forecast issued 05:20Z.

Updated 05:20 UTC

Aircraft seen now

On the field7

Airborne within 15 NM0

Departed in the last hour0

Arrived in the last hour1

Below 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.

Updated 08:43 UTC

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Airport reliability

Departures from MSP, July 2023 – July 2026.

Airport Reliability Score

72/ 100Good

Better than 76% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)

Calculated from 369,781 flights. How this is calculated

Departures arriving on time

81.1%

296,430 of 365,355 completed

Cancellation rate

0.94%

3,489 cancelled

Median arrival delay

-8 min

Average 3.9 min

Severe delays

6.4%

Arrived 60+ minutes late

Delay when late

69 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Departures analyzed

369,781

369,815 arrivals

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

What stands out

How this airport compares to others like it, not just to itself.

The airline matters unusually much at this airport, a wider carrier-to-carrier gap than 92% of 218 comparable airports.

Endeavor Air arrived on time 84.0% of the time, against 60.8% for JetBlue, flying out of the exact same airport.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other airport with the same kind of figure and at least 218 in the comparison.

Why flights are cancelled at MSP

Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.

Extreme weather accounts for 55.9% of cancelled departures from MSP — about 1 in every 190 scheduled departures. That is close to the split across every airport FlyerIntel covers.

Share of cancellations

Weather55.9%

Airline35.8%

Air traffic8.3%

Security0.0%

Of 3,489 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.

What each reason means

Extreme weather1 in 190

Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.

1,951 cancellations, 55.9% of the total.

The airline1 in 296

Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.

1,248 cancellations, 35.8% of the total.

The air traffic system1 in 1,280

Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.

289 cancellations, 8.3% of the total.

Security1 in 369,781

A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.

1 cancellation, <0.1% of the total.

3,489 of 369,781 scheduled departures from MSP were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.

By carrier

Cancellation causes by carrier at MSP
Carrier	Cancelled	Rate	Airline	Weather	Air traffic	Security
Delta Air Lines DL	1,620	0.78%	60%	36%	5%	<1%
SkyWest Airlines OO	729	0.92%	2%	88%	10%	0%

Shares are of each carrier’s own coded cancellations at MSP and run across the row, so they total 100%. “Rate” is cancellations as a share of that carrier’s scheduled departures here. Two carriers on the same runways in the same weather can file very different splits, so read this as what each airline reported about itself, not as a ranking of fault. Carriers below the published minimum of coded cancellations are not listed.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 3,489 were recorded at MSP.

Why flights run late at MSP

Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from MSP.

The airline50.0%

crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control

Air traffic control21.3%

airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control

Late-arriving aircraft20.2%

the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late

Weather8.5%

weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically

Security0.1%

screening or terminal security incidents

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from MSP. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.

Of the 53,142 departures from MSP that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 52% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 48% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; MSP’s is the 11th lowest.

The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into MSP just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from MSP and does not rate the airport.

An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

What weather costs at MSP

Departures from MSP by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.

11.4% of scheduled departures from MSP left in an hour of bad weather. 2.4% of them were cancelled, against 0.8% in normal conditions, and 65.6% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 83.5%. Those hours held 29% of all cancelled departures. That is about 679 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.

Cancellations were highest in snow or ice hours: 5.3% of 12,870 departures, 7.0 times the normal rate.

Airlines filed 56% of MSP’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 29% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.

By weather

Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026

Cancellation and on-time rates at MSP by the weather at the airport in the scheduled departure hour
Weather at the airport	Departures	Cancelled	Left on time	Arrived on time	Avg. departure delay
Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind	283,92076.9% of all	0.8%	83.0%	83.5%	9.2 min
Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind	42,17411.4% of all	2.4%3.1 times normal	76.2%	65.6%17.9 points below normal	17.6 min
MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles	51,62514.0% of all	0.9%	81.0%	76.6%6.9 points below normal	12.0 min
IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles	16,6574.5% of all	2.8%3.7 times normal	77.9%	68.3%15.2 points below normal	16.2 min
LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile	6,2371.7% of all	4.8%6.3 times normal	75.4%	61.7%21.8 points below normal	20.2 min
Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport	2,8380.8% of all	2.5%3.4 times normal	51.4%	36.0%47.5 points below normal	42.9 min
Snow or icesnow, snow grains, ice pellets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle	12,8703.5% of all	5.3%7.0 times normal	71.8%	45.4%38.1 points below normal	23.8 min
Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport	1,5900.4% of all	4.5%6.0 times normal	72.3%	54.1%29.4 points below normal	21.6 min
Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport	1,9300.5% of all	1.8%2.4 times normal	56.6%	42.9%40.6 points below normal	36.4 min
High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more	11,9573.2% of all	2.5%3.3 times normal	74.7%	68.8%14.7 points below normal	17.4 min
Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet	17,6864.8% of all	1.9%2.5 times normal	80.5%	73.9%9.6 points below normal	13.3 min
Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles	11,5033.1% of all	5.6%7.4 times normal	71.8%	53.9%29.6 points below normal	24.1 min

A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored.

This is the weather reported at MSP in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.8% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.

Which airlines hold up in bad weather at MSP

Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at MSP, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.

11% of the weather-matched departures from MSP left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 2.4% of them were cancelled. That is 3.1 times the 0.8% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 7 airlines have enough to compare.

Compared with the other carriers at MSP in the same months, Delta Air Lines (1.7% cancelled against 3.1% for the others; level with them in normal hours, so a bad-weather difference) cancelled the fewest in bad weather and Republic Airways (5.9% cancelled against 2.8% for the others; above them in normal hours too) the most. 2 more airlines are also clearly apart from the others.

Airlines in bad weather at MSP

Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026

Cancellation rates by airline in hours of bad weather at MSP, against the other carriers in the same months and against the airline's own normal hours
Airline	Bad-weather departures	Cancelled	Other carriers	Normal hours
Delta Air Lines	23,29555% of bad-weather	1.7%below the others	3.1%	0.7%others 0.9%
Southwest Airlines	2,3706% of bad-weather	1.4%below the others	2.4%	0.7%others 0.7%
United Airlines	1,8074% of bad-weather	2.0%	2.3%	1.1%others 0.7%
American Airlines	1,6004% of bad-weather	2.5%	2.3%	1.5%others 0.7%
Endeavor Air	1,5194% of bad-weather	1.4%	1.2%	0.4%others 0.7%
SkyWest Airlines	9,12622% of bad-weather	3.8%above the others	2.2%	0.5%others 0.8%
Republic Airways	5431% of bad-weather	5.9%above the others	2.8%	3.8%others 0.7%

Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.

The 7 listed airlines flew 95% of the bad-weather departures at MSP; a carrier under 500 is not listed. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points. Endeavor Air, SkyWest Airlines and Republic Airways fly for mainline airlines and are counted as carriers of their own here, though they share the airport’s gates, its de-icing and often its decisions to cancel.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.

Turning aircraft around at MSP

Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at MSP, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.

The median turn at MSP is scheduled for 67 minutes on the ground and takes 77 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. Aircraft are given longer on the ground here than at the typical airport. The typical turn runs 10 minutes over its schedule, more than the 7 minutes it does across all airports. 14.9% of turns here began with an aircraft that landed 15 or more minutes late, below the 18.9% for all airports.

When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (42,559 turns here, 59 minutes late on average), 76% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 62% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 9% did (all airports 11%).

Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 74% finished in the schedule and 64% leaving late. At these turn lengths MSP looks like the network on both counts: late turns are finished in the schedule, and lateness passed on, about as often as elsewhere.

Turns at MSP against all airports

284,886 turns, July 2023 – July 2026

Aircraft turns at MSP against all airports: scheduled and actual time on the ground and what a late inbound aircraft does
Measure	MSP	All airports	All airports, same turn lengths
Median scheduled turn	67 min	56 min	—
Median actual turn	77 min	63 min	—
Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late	15%	19%	—
Late turns finished within the schedule	76%	68%	74%
Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late	62%	72%	64%
On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late	9%	11%	—

The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at MSP, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.

A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at MSP with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 284,886 turns are 77% of the flights that left MSP in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing. Airlines set their own turn schedules, so this describes the airlines that fly at MSP and does not rate the airport.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.

What sets MSP apart

Where MSP’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.

Flights scheduled to leave MSP at 8 PM arrive on time 78.5% of the time, 10.2 points better than the 68.3% for that hour at the other airports.

11 PM is where MSP falls furthest behind the rest: 71.6% of its 11 PM departures arrive on time, 7.4 points below the 79.0% for that hour elsewhere.

May treats MSP better than it treats the rest of the country: 81.6% on time against 75.4% elsewhere, 6.2 points ahead.

American Airlines does better out of MSP than anywhere else it flies: 79.4% on time here, 74.8% on its other departures, 4.6 points apart.

JetBlue’s departures from MSP arrive on time 60.8% of the time, 11.7 points worse than the 72.5% the same airline manages at its other airports.

MSP against the other airports

July 2023 – July 2026

Where MSP differs most from the other covered airports, with the flights behind each figure
Measure	MSP	Elsewhere	Gap	Flights behind it
Hour: 8 PM departures	78.5%	68.3%	+10.2 pts	24,593 here, 857,316 elsewhere
Hour: 11 PM departures	71.6%	79.0%	−7.4 pts	391 here, 173,664 elsewhere
Month: May	81.6%	75.4%	+6.2 pts	30,923 here, 1,456,410 elsewhere
Airline: American Airlines	79.4%	74.8%	+4.6 pts	13,553 here, 2,943,086 elsewhere
Airline: JetBlue	60.8%	72.5%	−11.7 pts	549 here, 725,765 elsewhere

"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with MSP’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.

Best time to fly from MSP

On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.

Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.2% of the time, against 75.4% for 3–6 PM departures — a gap of 12.8 percentage points.

By day and hour

On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.

Thursday 5–6 AM was the most reliable slot at MSP (93.1% on time, 944 flights) and Thursday 5–6 PM the least (65.4%, 1,158 flights).

Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 5.1 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 1.5 points.

On-time arrival rate at MSP by weekday and scheduled departure hour, local time. Each button reads out one slot.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 AM–6 AM
6 AM–7 AM
7 AM–8 AM
8 AM–9 AM
9 AM–10 AM
10 AM–11 AM
11 AM–12 PM
12 PM–1 PM
1 PM–2 PM
2 PM–3 PM
3 PM–4 PM
4 PM–5 PM
5 PM–6 PM
6 PM–7 PM
7 PM–8 PM
8 PM–9 PM
9 PM–10 PM
10 PM–11 PM

On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time

65–69
70–74
75–79
80–84
85–89
90–94

Most reliable slot
Least reliable slot

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.

Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures after 11 PM (401 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.

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On-time arrival rate (%) with flights beneath, by scheduled departure hour and weekday at MSP. A dash means fewer than 120 flights, which are not scored.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 AM–6 AM	90.7% on time959 flights	92.5% on time822 flights	91.0% on time811 flights	93.1% on time944 flights	91.0% on time968 flights	89.8% on time911 flights	91.6% on time924 flights
6 AM–7 AM	89.0% on time2,210 flights	92.0% on time2,155 flights	90.5% on time2,119 flights	91.3% on time2,178 flights	88.4% on time2,190 flights	88.0% on time1,961 flights	88.6% on time2,197 flights
7 AM–8 AM	87.9% on time4,249 flights	88.0% on time4,186 flights	88.2% on time4,203 flights	87.2% on time4,212 flights	85.5% on time4,227 flights	87.1% on time3,452 flights	89.0% on time4,057 flights
8 AM–9 AM	86.2% on time3,057 flights	88.2% on time2,906 flights	88.4% on time2,897 flights	87.8% on time3,020 flights	86.5% on time3,038 flights	86.6% on time2,992 flights	86.2% on time2,974 flights
9 AM–10 AM	84.9% on time3,362 flights	87.9% on time3,040 flights	87.2% on time3,084 flights	88.1% on time3,410 flights	84.8% on time3,374 flights	86.1% on time3,267 flights	85.4% on time3,301 flights
10 AM–11 AM	82.9% on time4,866 flights	85.8% on time4,575 flights	85.6% on time4,675 flights	85.5% on time4,827 flights	82.8% on time4,854 flights	83.8% on time4,244 flights	82.3% on time4,821 flights
11 AM–12 PM	82.2% on time3,234 flights	85.8% on time3,106 flights	85.4% on time3,115 flights	84.0% on time3,219 flights	83.4% on time3,226 flights	84.2% on time2,824 flights	82.1% on time3,193 flights
12 PM–1 PM	83.9% on time3,446 flights	84.6% on time3,300 flights	84.3% on time3,379 flights	84.0% on time3,449 flights	82.8% on time3,430 flights	84.1% on time3,245 flights	81.7% on time3,412 flights
1 PM–2 PM	80.4% on time2,876 flights	83.3% on time2,704 flights	82.9% on time2,739 flights	80.5% on time2,896 flights	79.3% on time2,915 flights	82.9% on time2,937 flights	79.0% on time2,930 flights
2 PM–3 PM	77.4% on time3,550 flights	80.3% on time3,367 flights	77.8% on time3,417 flights	75.2% on time3,495 flights	76.4% on time3,538 flights	80.4% on time2,624 flights	77.2% on time3,377 flights
3 PM–4 PM	75.7% on time4,244 flights	79.6% on time4,028 flights	77.9% on time4,075 flights	75.3% on time4,288 flights	74.6% on time4,215 flights	81.0% on time3,138 flights	76.6% on time4,183 flights
4 PM–5 PM	75.8% on time1,864 flights	78.0% on time1,623 flights	73.9% on time1,646 flights	72.4% on time1,829 flights	73.1% on time1,823 flights	79.6% on time1,385 flights	74.1% on time1,800 flights
5 PM–6 PM	72.3% on time1,158 flights	72.9% on time1,010 flights	67.4% on time1,041 flights	65.4% on time1,158 flights	69.7% on time1,167 flights	73.7% on time789 flights	66.9% on time1,244 flights
6 PM–7 PM	76.0% on time4,920 flights	78.2% on time4,634 flights	76.7% on time4,820 flights	71.2% on time4,893 flights	72.1% on time4,929 flights	77.7% on time4,682 flights	74.1% on time4,883 flights
7 PM–8 PM	74.5% on time2,837 flights	77.2% on time2,696 flights	78.1% on time2,691 flights	71.2% on time2,811 flights	73.2% on time2,821 flights	78.4% on time2,768 flights	74.8% on time2,887 flights
8 PM–9 PM	76.8% on time3,651 flights	80.9% on time3,494 flights	82.4% on time3,456 flights	76.4% on time3,606 flights	75.6% on time3,675 flights	81.4% on time3,284 flights	76.6% on time3,760 flights
9 PM–10 PM	76.2% on time3,171 flights	81.4% on time2,802 flights	80.1% on time2,916 flights	73.5% on time3,171 flights	75.3% on time3,227 flights	82.0% on time2,483 flights	77.5% on time3,196 flights
10 PM–11 PM	76.9% on time1,112 flights	83.4% on time989 flights	80.7% on time1,024 flights	74.4% on time1,077 flights	73.0% on time1,116 flights	79.8% on time639 flights	75.4% on time1,089 flights

By departure window

All days combined

5–9 AM88.2%

9 AM–12 PM84.7%

12–3 PM80.8%

3–6 PM75.4%

6–9 PM76.2%

9 PM–5 AM77.6%

By departure hour

All days combined

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.

What parking will cost

Estimated from MSP's own published rates.

Where you would park

Arriving

Returning

Estimated cost

Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.

Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.

Source: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.

International arrivals

How long passport control normally takes here, hour by hour and hall by hall. This is the arrivals queue, not departure security — and it is history, not a live wait.

A US passport clears Terminal 1 Lindbergh, MSP’s busiest hall, in a typical 10 min; everyone else in the same terminal typically takes 16 min, and 35 min on a busy day. These are separate halls, separately staffed — CBP’s single combined figure of 12 min is a number few arrivals actually experience.

Terminal by terminal, across the day

Terminal by terminal, across the day
Terminal	US passports	US busy day	Other passports	Other busy day	Global Entry
Terminal 1 Lindbergh	10 min	22 min	16 min	35 min	14.4% of arrivals
Terminal 2 Humphrey	9 min	19 min	10 min	20 min	4.9% of arrivals

MSP’s halls are not interchangeable: passengers on other passports typically clear Terminal 1 Lindbergh in 16 min against 10 min at Terminal 2 Humphrey. Which one you land in is decided by the airline you booked, not by you.

Which terminal you land at

Your terminal is set by the airline you arrive on, not by you. This is here so you can read the hall you will actually land in.

US passports — Terminal 1 Lindbergh

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

US citizens and lawful permanent residents, who use the US-passport lanes.

All other passports — Terminal 1 Lindbergh

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Every other arriving passenger, including visa and visa-waiver travelers.

Hour by hour — Terminal 1 Lindbergh

Hour by hour — Terminal 1 Lindbergh
Cleared in hour	US passports	US busy day	Other passports	Other busy day	Booths open
10 AM–11 AM	13 min	26 min	18 min	32 min	5
11 AM–12 PM	11 min	21 min	18 min	30 min	7
12 PM–1 PM	11 min	24 min	20 min	38 min	7
1 PM–2 PM	11 min	25 min	20 min	43 min	7
2 PM–3 PM	11 min	23 min	19 min	46 min	7
3 PM–4 PM	10 min	19 min	16 min	35 min	7
4 PM–5 PM	10 min	20 min	16 min	34 min	7
5 PM–6 PM	12 min	23 min	20 min	38 min	7
6 PM–7 PM	10 min	18 min	14 min	33 min	6
7 PM–8 PM	9 min	19 min	13 min	23 min	6
8 PM–9 PM	9 min	22 min	11 min	21 min	5
9 PM–10 PM	7 min	14 min	7 min	15 min	4

US passports: clearing in the 10 AM–11 AM hour typically takes 13 min, against 7 min in the 9 PM–10 PM hour — 6 min between the slowest and fastest of 12 measured hours.

All other passports: clearing in the 12 PM–1 PM hour typically takes 20 min, against 7 min in the 9 PM–10 PM hour — 13 min between the slowest and fastest of 12 measured hours.

The hour is when CBP processed the passenger, not when the aircraft landed — allow for the walk from the gate. Hours with fewer than 120 days of records are not listed rather than shown as an estimate, which is why a terminal’s quietest hours are usually absent. “Busy day” is the 90th percentile: one arrival in ten is worse than that. Booths are how many CBP had open, and they follow the queue rather than prevent it — the busiest hours are staffed hardest and are still the slowest.

Source: US Customs and Border Protection · 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16 · These are CBP passport control waits for arriving international passengers — a different queue from TSA departure screening. CBP publishes them about two days in arrears, so every figure here describes what has been typical over 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16, and none of it is a live queue or a forecast for your flight. US and non-US passengers are reported separately by CBP and are kept separate here, because they are separate halls. FlyerIntel publishes a terminal or an hour only where CBP filed at least 120 hourly records for it, and an hour-by-hour breakdown only where at least 6 hours clear that floor.

What to expect at MSP

How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.

Departures a day

328

Average across the analysis period

Busiest hour

6 PM

About 30 departures

Typical taxi-out

18.3 min

Pushback to wheels-up, on departure

Typical taxi-in

6.8 min

Touchdown to gate, on arrival

Scheduled departures by hour

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

The busiest hour is 6 PM, with about 30 departures a day, against roughly 7 at 5 PM.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

Mon80.5%

Tue83.3%

Wed82.4%

Thu79.9%

Fri79.3%

Sat82.8%

Sun80.1%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 4.0 percentage points.

By month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

June is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 13.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026

Airlines at MSP

Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.

Airlines at MSP
Carrier	Departures	On time	Cancelled	Median delay
Delta Air Lines DL	208,199	81.2%	0.78%	-8 min
SkyWest Airlines OO	78,882	82.3%	0.92%	-8 min
Southwest Airlines WN	20,611	80.8%	0.80%	-6 min
United Airlines UA	16,195	79.3%	1.20%	-7 min
American Airlines AA	13,829	79.4%	1.63%	-9 min
Endeavor Air 9E	11,393	84.0%	0.64%	-8 min
Republic Airways YX	4,238	81.9%	3.92%	-12 min
Frontier Airlines F9	3,900	74.0%	1.44%	-8 min
Alaska Airlines AS	3,384	81.2%	1.06%	-8 min
Envoy Air MQ	2,890	74.6%	1.90%	-7 min
PSA Airlines OH	2,622	73.5%	5.15%	-7 min
Spirit Airlines NK	2,471	76.7%	0.93%	-7 min
Allegiant Air G4	607	77.9%	0.33%	-11 min
JetBlue B6	560	60.8%	1.79%	1 min

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.

Routes from MSP

Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.

Most reliable

ATLAtlanta78 DENDenver71 ORDChicago56

Least reliable

ORDChicago56 DENDenver71 ATLAtlanta78

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from MSP
Destination	Flights	On time	Score
MSP → DEN Denver	18,785	79.5%	71
MSP → ORD Chicago	18,306	75.4%	56
MSP → ATL Atlanta	11,143	82.9%	78

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.

See all 6 routes to and from MSP →

Reliability over time

On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.

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25

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Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from MSP arrived on time 79.4% of the time, against 81.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.2 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026

Data and sources

Historical statistics

Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 369,781 departures from MSP. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.

Full methodology · All data sources

Analysis last recomputed September 26, 2026

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Live conditions

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Latest observation for MSP: METAR KMSP 180753Z 20012G20KT 10SM CLR 11/00 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01060000 $ (issued 07:53 UTC).