Flights Minneapolis → Great Falls
MSP → GTF
Route overview
The flight route connects Minneapolis to Great Falls, operating with an Embraer 175 aircraft. The destination airport in Great Falls sees approximately 351,226 passengers per year, indicating a moderate traffic volume for the facility.
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) → Great Falls (GTF) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 31 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 51 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Great Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Great Falls: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Great Falls (GTF) heads west for about 1,423 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of MSP-GTF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Great Falls it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 31 tracked MSP-GTF flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 51 min and a 0.0% 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-GTF
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Great Falls (GTF) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 51 minutes, based on 31 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Great Falls is 0.00% across 31 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Great Falls, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
