OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Pittsburgh

726 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–PIT arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 436 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights142
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights294

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline59%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft19%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline75%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 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 → PIT

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 77% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 603 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 25 min · 779 flights
  • Evenings81% on time · p90 30 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Overnights80% on time · p90 45 min · 675 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 35 min · 473 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 395 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 396 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 307 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 405 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 35 min · 404 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 409 flights
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 40 min · 402 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.