Flights Anchorage → Minneapolis
ANC → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Anchorage to Minneapolis has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 2.1 minutes across the total of 89 flights recorded. The busy destination airport sees over 31 million passengers annually, and the route is served by Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 757 aircraft.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Anchorage (ANC) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 106 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads east for about 4,042 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 28m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 95% of ANC-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 106 tracked ANC-MSP flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-MSP
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 106 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Minneapolis is 1.89% across 106 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
