FAI to MSP flight delays
Fairbanks, AK (FAI) Minneapolis, MN (MSP) · 2,466 miles
93 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.27%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
88 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. MSP to FAI arrives on time 10.8 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does worse than its own airport. FAI as a whole runs 9.2 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Flights from Fairbanks to Minneapolis run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Every airline on FAI to MSP
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 93 | 75.27% | 0% | 88 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSP to FAI Minneapolis back to Fairbanks 86.02% on time —Other routes from Fairbanks
Common questions
Are flights from Fairbanks to Minneapolis usually delayed?
75.27% of flights on the FAI to MSP route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
How often are FAI to MSP flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When FAI to MSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 88 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FAI to MSP during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →