MIA to MSP flight delays
Miami, FL (MIA) Minneapolis, MN (MSP) · 1,501 miles
1,124 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.34%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.89%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 16.2 points more often than American Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 22.9 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 two directions do not behave alike. MSP to MIA arrives on time 10 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.
Flights from Miami to Minneapolis run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MIA to MSP. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in January.
Every airline on MIA 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 | 759 | 77.6% | 0.79% | 72 min | C |
| American Airlines | 365 | 61.39% | 1.1% | 72 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSP to MIA Minneapolis back to Miami 82.36% on time BOther routes from Miami
Common questions
Are flights from Miami to Minneapolis usually delayed?
72.34% of flights on the MIA to MSP route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Miami to Minneapolis?
Delta Air Lines, at 77.6% on time across 759 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 61.39%.
How often are MIA to MSP flights cancelled?
0.89% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Miami to Minneapolis?
November, when 83.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 60.2%.
When MIA to MSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 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 MIA 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 →