OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Sioux Falls to Minneapolis

196 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FSD–MSP arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,162 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights338
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights824

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline67%
  • Weather23%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather62%
  • Air traffic (NAS)38%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly FSD → MSP

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,279 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 30 min · 1,577 flights
  • Evenings79% on time · p90 35 min · 662 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 60 min · 503 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 84% on time.

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 577 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 30 min · 580 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 517 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 35 min · 593 flights
  • Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 593 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 575 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 40 min · 587 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.