MQT to MSP flight delays
Marquette, MI (MQT) Minneapolis, MN (MSP) · 300 miles
332 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.08%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.02%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
107 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
30 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 6.02% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 53.8 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 22.8 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on MQT to MSP. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in January.
Every airline on MQT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 332 | 73.08% | 6.02% | 107 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSP to MQT Minneapolis back to Marquette 73.5% on time DOther routes from Marquette
Common questions
Are flights from Marquette to Minneapolis usually delayed?
73.08% of flights on the MQT 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 airlines fly from Marquette to Minneapolis?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 332 flights and 73.08% arriving on time.
How often are MQT to MSP flights cancelled?
6.02% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 60 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Marquette to Minneapolis?
October, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 46.2%.
When MQT to MSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 107 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 MQT 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 →