Historical on-time performance
Seattle to Minneapolis
1,399 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SEA–MSP arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 2,710 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesbestOn-time88%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.3%Flights1,730
- Alaska AirlinesOn-time78%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.7%Flights980
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline47%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft29%
- 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 SEA → 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 77% to 90% on time.
- Overnights90% on time · p90 10 min · 230 flights
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 3,128 flights
- Afternoons88% on time · p90 15 min · 520 flights
- Early mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 546 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 25 min · 2,178 flights
- Evenings77% on time · p90 30 min · 1,478 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 87% on time.
- Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,120 flights
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,103 flights
- Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,046 flights
- Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,220 flights
- Sundays83% on time · p90 20 min · 1,186 flights
- Fridays83% on time · p90 20 min · 1,214 flights
- Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 1,191 flights
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