Flights Minneapolis → South Bend
MSP → SBN
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to South Bend has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.3 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 total flights, serving the destination airport which handles approximately 658,076 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) → South Bend (SBN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to South Bend: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to South Bend (SBN) heads south-east for about 660 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of MSP-SBN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into South Bend it is 5.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 120 tracked MSP-SBN flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating MSP-SBN
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Frequently asked questions about MSP-SBN
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> South Bend (SBN) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-South Bend is 3.33% across 120 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.
