Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Sarasota
1,342 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–SRQ arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 165 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.6%Flights165
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline15%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)73%
- Late aircraft9%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MSP → SRQ
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 85% to 85% on time.
- Middays85% on time · p90 30 min · 261 flights
- Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 471 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 93% on time.
- Fridays93% on time · p90 5 min · 91 flights · limited
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 81 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 91 flights · limited
- Thursdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 139 flights · limited
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 81 flights · limited
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 140 flights · limited
- Sundays79% on time · p90 30 min · 141 flights · limited
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