OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Sarasota

1,342 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–SRQ arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%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 Lines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights165

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline51%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)41%
  • Late aircraft8%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 3 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 → SRQ

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 85% to 86% on time.

  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 221 flights
  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 493 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 87% on time.

  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 120 flights · limited
  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 148 flights · limited
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 121 flights · limited

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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.