Flights Boston → Minneapolis
BOS → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of 4.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 398 flights using various aircraft types including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A319, Boeing 757, McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737-700, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 31.2 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 Boston (BOS) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines. Across 566 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (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 Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads west for about 1,804 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 40m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of BOS-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 566 tracked BOS-MSP flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 2.8% 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 BOS-MSP
On the Boston (BOS) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 566 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Minneapolis is 2.83% across 566 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines.
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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.
