MSP to ICT flight delays
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) Wichita, KS (ICT) · 545 miles
397 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.25%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
70 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In August it ran 25.9 points more punctual than in April — 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 70 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 11.8 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 MSP to ICT. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on MSP to ICT
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 | 397 | 80.41% | 0.25% | 70 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ICT to MSP Wichita back to Minneapolis 83.59% on time BOther routes from Minneapolis
Common questions
Are flights from Minneapolis to Wichita usually delayed?
80.41% of flights on the MSP to ICT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Minneapolis to Wichita?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 397 flights and 80.41% arriving on time.
How often are MSP to ICT flights cancelled?
0.25% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Minneapolis to Wichita?
August, when 91.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was April at 65.2%.
When MSP to ICT flights are late, how late are they?
About 70 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 MSP to ICT 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 →