Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to San Antonio
1,097 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–SAT arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 893 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.9%Flights893
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline56%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)13%
- Late aircraft29%
- 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 → SAT
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 70% to 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 739 flights
- Middays83% on time · p90 20 min · 316 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 45 min · 471 flights
- Overnights71% on time · p90 75 min · 480 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 609 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 77% on time.
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 391 flights
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 283 flights
- Sundays77% on time · p90 40 min · 383 flights
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 385 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 383 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 60 min · 399 flights
- Fridays76% on time · p90 55 min · 391 flights
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