Flights San Francisco → Minneapolis
SFO → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from San Francisco to Minneapolis has a punctuality rate of 79%, with an average delay of 12.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 437 flights using various aircraft models including the Boeing 757 and Airbus A320 series, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 31,241,822 passengers.
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 San Francisco (SFO) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines. Across 570 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-east for about 2,551 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 37m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of SFO-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 570 tracked SFO-MSP flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 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% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SFO-MSP
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 570 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Minneapolis is 0.88% across 570 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Minneapolis, 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.
