Austin (AUS) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,675 km
- 1,041 mi · 905 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 43 min / 2 h 48 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → MSP / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 211 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (125 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 354,496
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.4%
- Flights / week
- 65
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 451,356 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, WN, OO
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 AUS
- 12°
- Heading from MSP
- 195°
- Halfway point
- 37.56, -95.66
- Great-circle km
- 1,678 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → MSP
- 2 h 20 min
- In the air MSP → AUS
- 2 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,357 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,515 |
| Oct 2025 | 34,276 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,453 |
| Dec 2025 | 30,100 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,435 |
| Feb 2026 | 23,371 |
| Mar 2026 | 29,665 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,844 |
| May 2026 | 31,813 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,791 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,876 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 285 |
| Sep 2025 | 275 |
| Oct 2025 | 324 |
| Nov 2025 | 274 |
| Dec 2025 | 296 |
| Jan 2026 | 224 |
| Feb 2026 | 251 |
| Mar 2026 | 287 |
| Apr 2026 | 290 |
| May 2026 | 290 |
| Jun 2026 | 284 |
| Jul 2026 | 296 |
Airlines flying AUS–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 39 | 64% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 13 | 23% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 13 | 12% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 0.6 | 1% |
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 A320-100/200 · 948 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 659 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 608 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 255 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 249 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 224 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 210 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 196 flights
Also carried: 47 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 3,350
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 77.9% | 17 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 85.4% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 52% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 15% · 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
- $305
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $264
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 79% of passengers · $322
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 15% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $259 · Q3 2025 $237 · Q4 2025 $262 · Q1 2026 $305).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $311, likely $269–$355
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,678 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.