Airport month record

MSPNOV

Minneapolis-St Paul International in November 2025

Departures: 8,806
Month: November 2025
National, same month: 79.4%
Carriers: 10

Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at MSP, see live FAA status.

MSP in November lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 8,806 flights, of which Southwest Airlines flew 459 at 86.3% on time.

Southwest Airlines is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 86.3% on time across 459 flights.

On time

82.1%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 8,600 completed departures

Avg delay

75 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

2.16%

Nationally in November: 2.49%

Whole year

79.1%

MSP across all twelve months

These figures cover 8,806 departures from Minneapolis-St Paul International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

November next to MSP's other months

Against MSP's own year, November ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 79.1%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.16% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.6 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 84.7% on time and December 63.1%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.

MSP month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
July 2025	10,565	74.1%	77 min	0.89%	C+
August 2025	10,305	81.5%	68 min	0.47%	B+
September 2025	9,559	85.6%	59 min	0.10%	A+
October 2025	9,657	84.7%	60 min	0.22%	B+
November 2025 (this page)	8,806	82.1%	75 min	2.16%	B
December 2025	8,854	63.1%	78 min	2.28%	D
January 2026	8,055	72.9%	74 min	2.41%	C
February 2026	7,923	80.4%	69 min	1.12%	B
March 2026	9,608	77.2%	80 min	5.04%	B−
April 2026	9,639	83.9%	68 min	0.75%	B+
May 2026	10,400	83.4%	73 min	0.54%	B+
June 2026	10,491	77.9%	67 min	0.92%	B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave MSP in November

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 11 points, against 10 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

5am–8am1,208 flights86.6%
8am–11am1,872 flights85.2%
11am–2pm1,755 flights83.8%
2pm–5pm1,412 flights79.2%
5pm–8pm1,137 flights75.7%
8pm–5am1,422 flights80.0%

Scale runs 65% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 86.6% of the time, against 75.7% for the evening window. That is 11 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,872 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Thursday is the strongest day at 88.8% on time and Sunday the weakest at 72.2%. 17 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at MSP in November

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Southwest Airlines arrives on time 86.3% of the time; United Airlines manages 76.4%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 389 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at MSP in November 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Delta Air Lines	5,187	81.8%	66 min	1.00%	B
SkyWest Airlines	1,963	84.6%	94 min	4.28%	B−
Southwest Airlines	459	86.3%	47 min	3.05%	A−
United Airlines	389	76.4%	91 min	1.80%	B
American Airlinesthin sample	308	77.2%	92 min	1.62%	B
Envoy Airthin sample	107	75.5%	60 min	7.48%	B−
PSA Airlinesthin sample	107	75.7%	139 min	2.80%	B
Republic Airwaysthin sample	97	76.2%	95 min	17.53%	B−
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	86	87.2%	57 min	0.00%	A+
Frontier Airlinesthin sample	85	78.8%	68 min	0.00%	B+

SkyWest Airlines cancels 4.3% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of MSP in November

Routes from MSP in November 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
MSP to ORD · Chicago	512	71.7%	90 min	5.47%	C−
MSP to DEN · Denver	466	83.4%	53 min	1.93%	B
MSP to ATL · Atlantathin sample	287	83.6%	68 min	0.00%	B+
MSP to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	270	80.8%	62 min	1.85%	B
MSP to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	248	77.3%	95 min	0.40%	B+
MSP to MDW · Chicagothin sample	214	87.3%	51 min	7.48%	A−
MSP to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	207	74.1%	71 min	1.93%	C
MSP to SEA · Seattlethin sample	202	83.0%	43 min	0.99%	B+
MSP to CLT · Charlottethin sample	188	82.4%	66 min	0.53%	B+
MSP to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	176	81.7%	48 min	0.57%	B+
MSP to EWR · Newarkthin sample	167	68.0%	96 min	7.78%	C−
MSP to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	162	81.2%	53 min	1.23%	B
MSP to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample	161	84.4%	130 min	3.73%	B−
MSP to IAH · Houstonthin sample	157	79.4%	88 min	0.64%	B+
MSP to DTW · Detroitthin sample	149	87.2%	50 min	0.67%	A+
MSP to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	148	81.0%	66 min	0.68%	B+
MSP to BOS · Bostonthin sample	148	81.1%	70 min	0.00%	B+
MSP to PDX · Portlandthin sample	143	85.3%	39 min	0.00%	A+
MSP to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	143	74.6%	64 min	0.70%	C+
MSP to MCO · Orlandothin sample	140	82.6%	68 min	1.43%	B
MSP to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	137	83.0%	46 min	1.46%	B
MSP to AUS · Austinthin sample	136	79.1%	55 min	1.47%	B
MSP to STL · St. Louisthin sample	134	84.3%	75 min	0.00%	B+
MSP to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	120	89.1%	48 min	0.83%	A+
MSP to OMA · Omahathin sample	117	79.1%	79 min	1.71%	B

Delay causes

What held MSP up in November

One category carries most of the weight here. Carrier accounts for 45% of the 115,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.

Carrier
45%
National Airspace System
30%
Late-arriving aircraft
18%
Extreme weather
7%

The largest share of delay minutes, 45%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. Unlike weather, that is a management outcome, and it is the category where the gap between two carriers on the same schedule is genuinely earned. It accounts for 52,000 of the 115,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 114,990 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 2.16% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.18%.

7.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from MSP in November

For a November trip through MSP: expect 82.1% on time and 2.16% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP), the whole year
MSP in July74.1%
MSP in August81.5%
MSP in September85.6%
MSP in October84.7%
MSP in December63.1%
MSP in January72.9%
MSP in February80.4%
MSP in March77.2%
MSP in April83.9%
MSP in May83.4%
MSP in June77.9%

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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