MSP to JFK flight delays
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) New York, NY (JFK) · 1,029 miles
750 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.15%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.47%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
86 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 26.5 points more punctual than in December — 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 86 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.
Only Delta Air Lines 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.
Flights from Minneapolis to New York keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MSP to JFK. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in January.
Every airline on MSP to JFK
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 | 750 | 82.15% | 1.47% | 86 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
JFK to MSP New York back to Minneapolis 81.34% on time COther routes from Minneapolis
Common questions
Are flights from Minneapolis to New York usually delayed?
82.15% of flights on the MSP to JFK 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 New York?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 750 flights and 82.15% arriving on time.
How often are MSP to JFK flights cancelled?
1.47% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Minneapolis to New York?
April, when 94.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 67.9%.
When MSP to JFK flights are late, how late are they?
About 86 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 JFK 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 →