Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Portland
1,426 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–PDX arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 1,326 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time83%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.2%Flights1,326
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline60%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)15%
- Late aircraft20%
- 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 → PDX
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 75% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 803 flights
- Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 980 flights
- Afternoons84% on time · p90 30 min · 826 flights
- Evenings80% on time · p90 35 min · 891 flights
- Overnights75% on time · p90 45 min · 427 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 87% on time.
- Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 537 flights
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 503 flights
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 556 flights
- Sundays84% on time · p90 25 min · 585 flights
- Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 579 flights
- Fridays83% on time · p90 30 min · 585 flights
- Mondays82% on time · p90 35 min · 582 flights
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