Flights

With well over a million passengers passing through the grounds of the MSP monthly, it is not surprising that the airport operates over 20k flights each and every month.

These flights have been on a constant increase as airports and airlines alike are recovering from the worldwide flight ban that was imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The flights Minneapolis Airport currently operates travel to around fifteen countries, through over 650 routes.

Flights from MSP

Flights from MSP

The majority of the routes and flights taken from the MSP are domestic, with over 600 routes in total. In comparison, the next country with the most routes and flights from the MSP, other than the United States, is Canada, with almost twenty routes.

Most of the busiest domestic routes taken from the MSP are taken by half a million passengers yearly, with the number one busiest domestic route being to Denver, Colorado, which is taken by over 700k people on a yearly basis. This destination has the second most amount of flights from the MSP, with almost 900 flights. The most amount of flights taken to a single destination is around a thousand flights to Chicago.

Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines have hubs at the MSP, and they therefore operate the most flights and the most routes, over two hundred routes between them.
The MSP is also a common transit stop for passengers heading to other locations. Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado, are the destinations with the most connecting flights that go through the MSP.

MSP flight status

MSP flight status

Perhaps you have an upcoming flight to the MSP, and you’re wondering about the average flight status at the airport. If so, then the following should be informative enough to resolve your queries:

On average:

  • 72.5% of flights are on time;
  • 25% of flights are late;
  • 1% of flights are late;
  • And 1.4% of flights are cancelled.

Note that statistics do differ from one flight to the other.