OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Indianapolis

503 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–IND arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,011 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights1,011

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline58%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft19%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MSP → IND

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 74% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 951 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,035 flights
  • Overnights79% on time · p90 35 min · 975 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 60 min · 753 flights
  • Evenings74% on time · p90 55 min · 121 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 563 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 562 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 566 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 446 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 30 min · 559 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 30 min · 571 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 568 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.