Flights Minneapolis → Rochester
MSP → RST
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Rochester has a punctuality rate of 74%, with an average delay of 20.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 253 flights travel this route, serving a destination airport that handles around 366,374 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) → Rochester (RST) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 335 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Rochester the average ATFM delay is 3.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Rochester: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Rochester (RST) heads south-east for about 122 km, a flight time of roughly 34m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of MSP-RST flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Rochester it is 3.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 335 tracked MSP-RST flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 3.3% 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-RST
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Rochester (RST) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 335 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Rochester is 3.28% across 335 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.
