Flights Minneapolis → St. Louis
MSP → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to St. Louis operates with a high on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay time of 11.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 530 flights using various aircraft models including the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 737-300, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 13.7 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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 689 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to St. Louis (STL) heads south for about 721 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of MSP-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 689 tracked MSP-STL flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.7% 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-STL
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 689 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-St. Louis is 1.74% across 689 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at St. Louis, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
