Flights Grand Forks → Minneapolis
GFK → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Grand Forks to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of 6.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 279 flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles 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 Grand Forks (GFK) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 371 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.62%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.2/100 (low), 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 Grand Forks the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Grand Forks (GFK) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads south-east for about 456 km, a flight time of roughly 59m.
Departures from Grand Forks on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 53% of GFK-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Grand Forks the average ATFM delay is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 371 tracked GFK-MSP flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.6% 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 GFK-MSP
On the Grand Forks (GFK) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 371 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Grand Forks-Minneapolis is 1.62% across 371 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.
