OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Palm Springs to Minneapolis

1,454 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PSP–MSP arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled flights

based on 248 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-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights248

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline71%
  • Weather29%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 7 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 PSP → MSP

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 81% to 83% on time.

  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 25 min · 321 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 25 min · 593 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 92% on time.

  • Wednesdays92% on time · p90 5 min · 122 flights · limited
  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 134 flights · limited
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 20 min · 138 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 113 flights · limited
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 137 flights · limited
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 30 min · 141 flights · limited
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 146 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.