Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to San Jose
1,576 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–SJC arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights
based on 404 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9070 minCancel1.0%Flights404
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline54%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)18%
- Late aircraft23%
- 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 → SJC
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 72% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 15 min · 99 flights · limited
- Middays84% on time · p90 30 min · 289 flights
- Evenings72% on time · p90 45 min · 1,017 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 81% on time.
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 231 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 233 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 182 flights · limited
- Fridays76% on time · p90 35 min · 229 flights
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 109 flights · limited
- Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 223 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 45 min · 203 flights
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