MSP to ORD flight delays
Minneapolis, MN (MSP) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 334 miles
6,324 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
69.92%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.4%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
80 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Republic Airways arrived on time 11.1 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 May it ran 30.3 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. MSP as a whole runs 11 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Flights from Minneapolis to Chicago run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on MSP to ORD. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in December.
Every airline on MSP to ORD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 2,398 | 69.72% | 1.38% | 84 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,412 | 67.27% | 1.84% | 66 min | D |
| Envoy Air | 1,084 | 74.02% | 2.86% | 72 min | D |
| SkyWest Airlines | 704 | 67.55% | 3.41% | 93 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 532 | 76.06% | 6.58% | 87 min | F |
| American Airlines | 138 | 64.96% | 0.72% | 128 min | D |
| PSA Airlines | 43 | 54.76% | 2.33% | 79 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 13 | 41.67% | 7.69% | 85 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORD to MSP Chicago back to Minneapolis 69.67% on time DOther routes from Minneapolis
Common questions
Are flights from Minneapolis to Chicago usually delayed?
69.92% of flights on the MSP to ORD 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 Minneapolis to Chicago?
Republic Airways, at 76.06% on time across 532 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 64.96%.
How often are MSP to ORD flights cancelled?
2.4% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 24 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Minneapolis to Chicago?
May, when 80.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 50.1%.
When MSP to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 80 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 ORD 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 →