Flights Minneapolis → Tucson
MSP → TUS
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Tucson operates with high punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of the year, there have been 89 flights using a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of just 0.6 minutes. The destination airport serves over three 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) → Tucson (TUS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 116 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 7.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tucson: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Tucson (TUS) heads south-west for about 2,087 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 2m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of MSP-TUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tucson it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 116 tracked MSP-TUS flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 0.9% 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-TUS
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Tucson (TUS) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 116 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Tucson is 0.86% across 116 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.
