Flights Salt Lake City → Minneapolis
SLC → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with the average delay being just 6.9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 404 flights using a mix of Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 757, and Boeing 737-800 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 31 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 528 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-east for about 1,592 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 25m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of SLC-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 528 tracked SLC-MSP flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.6% 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 SLC-MSP
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 528 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Minneapolis is 0.57% across 528 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.
