Flights Minneapolis → Milwaukee
MSP → MKE
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Milwaukee operates with a high level of punctuality, with 77% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, an average of 396 flights are conducted using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-88, MD-90, Airbus A320, and A319, experiencing a mean delay of 16.2 minutes. The destination airport serves over 6 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 Minneapolis (MSP) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 511 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Milwaukee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads south-east for about 478 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of MSP-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 511 tracked MSP-MKE flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.7% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSP-MKE
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 511 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Milwaukee is 2.74% across 511 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest 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.
