Flights Minneapolis → Salt Lake City
MSP → SLC
How long is the flight from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?
The flight from Minneapolis (MSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 2h 20m on average. That is the median time recorded across 4 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 89%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of only 3.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 405 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A320, Boeing 757, Airbus A319, and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 25.75 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 1025 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 1,592 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 20m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of MSP-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,025 tracked MSP-SLC flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSP-SLC
The flight from Minneapolis (MSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 2h 20m on average. That is the median time recorded across 4 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 1025 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Salt Lake City is 0.49% across 1025 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.
