Historical on-time performance
Portland to Minneapolis
1,426 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PDX–MSP arrive on time 90% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate90%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 1,326 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time90%Medianon timep9010 minCancel0.2%Flights1,326
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline49%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft42%
- 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 PDX → MSP
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 75% to 94% on time.
- Mornings94% on time · p90 5 min · 1,172 flights
- Afternoons91% on time · p90 10 min · 268 flights
- Early mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 786 flights
- Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 1,575 flights
- Evenings75% on time · p90 35 min · 125 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 88% to 93% on time.
- Tuesdays93% on time · p90 5 min · 553 flights
- Saturdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 532 flights
- Thursdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 565 flights
- Sundays90% on time · p90 10 min · 559 flights
- Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 545 flights
- Fridays88% on time · p90 15 min · 584 flights
- Mondays88% on time · p90 15 min · 588 flights
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