Flights Washington → Minneapolis
DCA → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Minneapolis has a 77% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 651 flights operated by various aircraft models including Embraer and Boeing planes. The origin airport in Washington opened in 1938, while the destination airport serves over 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 Washington (DCA) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines. Across 823 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.9/100 (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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 1,495 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of DCA-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 823 tracked DCA-MSP flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 2.8% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DCA-MSP
On the Washington (DCA) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 823 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Minneapolis is 2.79% across 823 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country 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.
