OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Indianapolis

503 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–IND arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,189 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-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights979
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights210

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline57%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft13%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather67%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 6 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 MSP → IND

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 74% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 877 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,028 flights
  • Overnights80% on time · p90 35 min · 966 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 55 min · 130 flights · limited
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 55 min · 744 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 84% on time.

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 546 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 546 flights
  • Thursdays83% on time · p90 40 min · 556 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 437 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 30 min · 548 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 554 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 558 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.