Flights Tucson → Minneapolis
TUS → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Tucson to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 88%, with average delays of 11.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 89 flights using McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles 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 Tucson (TUS) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 116 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 7.2/100 (low), 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 Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tucson (TUS) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-east for about 2,087 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 2m.
Departures from Tucson on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of TUS-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 116 tracked TUS-MSP flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 18 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about TUS-MSP
On the Tucson (TUS) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 116 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tucson-Minneapolis is 0.86% across 116 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.
