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MSP vs MQT - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MSP

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Airport B
MQT

Marquette, MI

Marquette, Michigan

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MSP MQT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 85.4% 83.1%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.5 min 114.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 14.6% 16.9%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.79% 1.23%
Total Flights 1,406,487 12,906
Delayed Flights 205,954 2,184
Cancelled Flights 11,052 159
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MSP - Minneapolis, MN

Carrier 50.7%
NAS 20.3%
Late Aircraft 18.3%
Weather 10.6%
Security 0.1%

MQT - Marquette, MI

Carrier 41.8%
Weather 31.4%
Late Aircraft 15.4%
NAS 11.3%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from MSP

Route Flights On-Time
DEN → MSP
Minneapolis
32,213 79.9%
MSP → DEN
Denver
32,212 82.4%
MSP → ORD
Chicago
31,635 80.7%
ORD → MSP
Minneapolis
31,628 79.4%
ATL → MSP
Minneapolis
21,418 84.7%
MSP → ATL
Atlanta
21,403 85.6%

Top routes from MQT

Route Flights On-Time
MQT → DTW
Detroit
2,485 84.5%
DTW → MQT
Marquette
2,483 82.8%
MQT → ORD
Chicago
2,301 79%
ORD → MQT
Marquette
2,300 78.3%
MSP → MQT
Marquette
827 87.7%
MQT → MSP
Minneapolis
797 86.7%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.