Flights Minneapolis → Billings
MSP → BIL
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Billings operates with an on-time performance rate of 83%, featuring an average delay of just 4.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 89 flights on this route, utilizing Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft, serving the destination airport which opened in 1940 and currently handles approximately 865,431 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 Minneapolis (MSP) → Billings (BIL) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Billings: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Billings (BIL) heads west for about 1,200 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 55m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of MSP-BIL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Billings it is 1.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 120 tracked MSP-BIL flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.8% 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 MSP-BIL
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Billings (BIL) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Billings is 0.83% across 120 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.
