Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Minneapolis
991 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–MSP arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.1%of scheduled flights
based on 1,589 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time86%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.1%Flights1,589
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline54%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft23%
- 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 SLC → MSP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 93% on time.
- Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 1,150 flights
- Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,295 flights
- Overnights85% on time · p90 20 min · 305 flights
- Afternoons83% on time · p90 25 min · 900 flights
- Evenings79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,090 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.
- Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 666 flights
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 665 flights
- Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 687 flights
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 651 flights
- Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 693 flights
- Fridays83% on time · p90 25 min · 694 flights
- Sundays82% on time · p90 25 min · 684 flights
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