FAR to MSP flight delays
Fargo, ND (FAR) Minneapolis, MN (MSP) · 223 miles
1,305 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.97%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.61%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
81 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 27.3 points more punctual than in January — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 81 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Flights from Fargo to Minneapolis keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 3 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on FAR to MSP. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in January.
Every airline on FAR 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 | 700 | 87.23% | 0.43% | 100 min | A |
| SkyWest Airlines | 605 | 84.5% | 0.83% | 63 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSP to FAR Minneapolis back to Fargo 82.72% on time BCommon questions
Are flights from Fargo to Minneapolis usually delayed?
85.97% of flights on the FAR to MSP route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fargo to Minneapolis?
Delta Air Lines, at 87.23% on time across 700 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 84.5%.
How often are FAR to MSP flights cancelled?
0.61% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fargo to Minneapolis?
May, when 96.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 68.8%.
When FAR to MSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 81 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 FAR 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 →