Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Palm Springs
1,454 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–PSP arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 247 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 timep9025 minCancel0.0%Flights247
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline53%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)38%
- Late aircraft4%
- 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 → PSP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 294 flights
- Middays76% on time · p90 30 min · 522 flights
- Evenings75% on time · p90 50 min · 100 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 86% on time.
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 115 flights · limited
- Fridays84% on time · p90 25 min · 137 flights · limited
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 113 flights · limited
- Mondays80% on time · p90 20 min · 141 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 25 min · 138 flights · limited
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 25 min · 134 flights · limited
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 144 flights · limited
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