Flights St. Louis → Minneapolis
STL → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Minneapolis operates with an average on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 10.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 530 flights using various aircraft models including the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, and McDonnell Douglas MD-88, 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 St. Louis (STL) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 697 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north for about 721 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of STL-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 697 tracked STL-MSP flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.7% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-MSP
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 697 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Minneapolis is 1.72% across 697 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
