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MSP → DTW

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,884
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 59%
  • Air traffic control & airport 18%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 17%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 85.1% 154
October 2025 89.1% 156
November 2025 87.2% 149
December 2025 67.5% 156
January 2026 78.7% 156
February 2026 83.6% 141
March 2026 78.7% 156
April 2026 87.3% 150
May 2026 87.2% 156
June 2026 85.5% 172
July 2026 74.6% 182
August 2026 89.7% 156

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 1,881 82.8% 0.6% 63 min
NK 3 66.7% 0.0% 37 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL1461

    6% late · 365 flights

  • DL1476

    21% late · 365 flights

  • DL1519

    11% late · 365 flights

  • DL1484

    34% late · 364 flights

  • DL1433

    12% late · 363 flights

  • DL1435

    28% late · 50 flights

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