Flights Phoenix → Minneapolis
PHX → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Minneapolis operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 858 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A320, A321, and A319, as well as Boeing 737-800 and 737-700. The destination airport serves over 31 million passengers annually, making it a major hub for air traffic.
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 Phoenix (PHX) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1120 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-east for about 2,051 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 59m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of PHX-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,120 tracked PHX-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-MSP
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Minneapolis is 1.34% across 1120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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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.
