Flights Minneapolis → Miami
MSP → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Miami operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 282 flights, each averaging an 8.8-minute delay. The aircraft used include Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 models, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at the destination city, with Miami handling nearly 50.7 million passengers yearly.
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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 440 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.36%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Miami (MIA) heads south-east for about 2,418 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 27m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 63% of MSP-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 440 tracked MSP-MIA flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.4% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSP-MIA
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 440 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Miami is 1.36% across 440 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
