Flights Fort Wayne → Minneapolis
FWA → MSP
How long is the flight from Fort Wayne to Minneapolis?
The flight from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Minneapolis (MSP) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Wayne to Minneapolis has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 15.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting to a busy destination airport that serves approximately 31,241,822 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 Fort Wayne (FWA) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 226 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Wayne the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 784 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Fort Wayne on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 94% of FWA-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Wayne the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 226 tracked FWA-MSP flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about FWA-MSP
The flight from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Minneapolis (MSP) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Fort Wayne (FWA) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 226 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Wayne-Minneapolis is 1.77% across 226 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.
