OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Pittsburgh

726 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–PIT arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 395 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-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights293
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights102

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline57%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft22%
  • 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 → PIT

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 79% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 729 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 25 min · 827 flights
  • Evenings82% on time · p90 25 min · 339 flights
  • Overnights81% on time · p90 45 min · 621 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 35 min · 523 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 444 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 446 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 450 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 342 flights
  • Mondays83% on time · p90 30 min · 458 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 25 min · 453 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 446 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.