Flights South Bend → Minneapolis
SBN → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from South Bend to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of 23.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting to a destination airport that serves approximately 31,241,822 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 South Bend (SBN) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.7/100 (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 South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from South Bend (SBN) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 660 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from South Bend on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of SBN-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked SBN-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating SBN-MSP
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Frequently asked questions about SBN-MSP
On the South Bend (SBN) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on South Bend-Minneapolis is 3.33% across 120 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.
