Flights Houston → Minneapolis
IAH → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Minneapolis operates with a high level of punctuality, with 85% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, an average of 517 flights are conducted along this route using various aircraft models including Canadair Regional Jet series and Embraer jets, as well as Airbus A319s, serving a destination airport that accommodates 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 Houston (IAH) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 698 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north for about 1,667 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of IAH-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 698 tracked IAH-MSP flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.6% 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% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-MSP
On the Houston (IAH) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 698 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Minneapolis is 2.58% across 698 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United 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.
