MSP to MQT flight delays
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) Marquette, MI (MQT) · 300 miles
511 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.69%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.91%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
99 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
24 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In July it ran 49.1 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.91% 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 15.1 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 July 2024 – July 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on MSP to MQT. Flights ran closest to schedule in July and worst in January.
Every airline on MSP to MQT
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 | 511 | 76.69% | 3.91% | 99 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MQT to MSP Marquette back to Minneapolis 78.01% on time DOther routes from Minneapolis
Common questions
Are flights from Minneapolis to Marquette usually delayed?
76.69% of flights on the MSP to MQT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Minneapolis to Marquette?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 511 flights and 76.69% arriving on time.
How often are MSP to MQT flights cancelled?
3.91% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 39 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Minneapolis to Marquette?
July, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 44.4%.
When MSP to MQT flights are late, how late are they?
About 99 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 MQT during July 2024 – July 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 →