Atlanta (ATL) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,459 km
- 906 mi · 788 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 35 min / 2 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 184 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (109 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,176,602
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.4%
- Flights / week
- 139
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 1,402,389 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, F9, NK
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 331°
- Heading from MSP
- 146°
- Halfway point
- 39.34, -88.47
- Great-circle km
- 1,460 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → MSP
- 2 h 12 min
- In the air MSP → ATL
- 1 h 57 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 111,423 |
| Sep 2025 | 104,175 |
| Oct 2025 | 110,542 |
| Nov 2025 | 97,262 |
| Dec 2025 | 96,649 |
| Jan 2026 | 86,833 |
| Feb 2026 | 84,655 |
| Mar 2026 | 92,953 |
| Apr 2026 | 92,144 |
| May 2026 | 95,160 |
| Jun 2026 | 100,292 |
| Jul 2026 | 104,514 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 657 |
| Sep 2025 | 618 |
| Oct 2025 | 661 |
| Nov 2025 | 596 |
| Dec 2025 | 582 |
| Jan 2026 | 568 |
| Feb 2026 | 535 |
| Mar 2026 | 589 |
| Apr 2026 | 593 |
| May 2026 | 601 |
| Jun 2026 | 596 |
| Jul 2026 | 628 |
Airlines flying ATL–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 124 | 90% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.2 | 5% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 3.9 | 3% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 3.3 | 2% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.8 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 3,290 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,371 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 1,152 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 574 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 205 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 192 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 180 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 56 flights
Also carried: 806 tonnes of freight and 124 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 7,015
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.5% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 58.4% | 29 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 83.2% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 50% · aircraft arriving late 26% · air traffic system 20% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $393
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $297
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 75% of passengers · $458
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 15% of passengers · $153
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $267 · Q3 2025 $263 · Q4 2025 $305 · Q1 2026 $393).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,460 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Saint Paul
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