Flights Bismarck → Minneapolis
BIS → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Bismarck to Minneapolis operates with a high level of punctuality, with 85% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 431 total flights on this route, using aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 900, Embraer 175, and Embraer 170. The average delay for these flights is approximately 8.6 minutes, serving a destination airport that sees over 31 million passengers annually.
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 Bismarck (BIS) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 550 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (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 Bismarck the average ATFM delay is 2.6 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bismarck (BIS) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads east for about 620 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Bismarck on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of BIS-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bismarck the average ATFM delay is 2.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 550 tracked BIS-MSP flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.1% 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 BIS-MSP
On the Bismarck (BIS) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 550 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bismarck-Minneapolis is 1.09% across 550 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.
