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DL1608

Minneapolis (MSP) to Kansas City (MCI) · scheduled 9:10 AM – 10:53 AM

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How DL1608 performs

378 operations, 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
87.7%
328 of 374 completed
Cancellation rate
1.06%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average -4.6 min
Severe delays
4.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
60 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.6%
Left the gate on time

DL1608 arrived on time 87.7% of the time, against 82.5% for all MSPMCI flights — this specific departure is 5.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 5.4 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 378 operations between 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL160887.7%1.06%-13 min4.0%378
Delta Air Lines on MSPMCI82.3%0.85%-10 min6.3%3,180
All MSPMCI flights82.5%1.00%-9 min6.1%4,188

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes DL1608 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
MCIMSP Kansas City to Minneapolis2024-06-072026-06-3034089.3%
DENDTW Denver to Detroit2026-05-072026-06-0631
RDUDTW Raleigh–Durham to Detroit2026-04-132026-05-0624
STLMSP St. Louis to Minneapolis2026-03-082026-04-1231
ATLMSP Atlanta to Minneapolis2026-02-122026-03-0724
LASSLC Las Vegas to Salt Lake City2025-10-062025-12-1975
ONTSLC Ontario to Salt Lake City2025-09-132025-10-044
SLCONT Salt Lake City to Ontario2025-09-132025-10-044
CHSLGA Charleston to New York2025-08-172025-09-074
LGADTW New York to Detroit2023-09-172024-06-0611177.5%
JFKTPA New York to Tampa2024-04-092024-05-0628
TPAJFK Tampa to New York2024-04-092024-05-0628
LGAMIA New York to Miami2024-03-102024-04-0830
MSPLAX Minneapolis to Los Angeles2024-01-082024-03-0962
DCAATL Washington to Atlanta2023-12-242024-01-0614
DCADTW Washington to Detroit2023-10-142023-11-043
LGAMCO New York to Orlando2023-07-012023-09-0466
MCOLGA Orlando to New York2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1608 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 378 records of DL1608 operating MSPMCI, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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