Detroit (DTW) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 850 km
- 528 mi · 459 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 52 min / 1 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 107 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (63 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 631,740
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −14.2%
- Flights / week
- 82
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 753,825 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, SY, 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 DTW
- 294°
- Heading from MSP
- 107°
- Halfway point
- 43.65, -88.18
- Great-circle km
- 848 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → MSP
- 1 h 26 min
- In the air MSP → DTW
- 1 h 12 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h behind Detroit
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 71,798 |
| Sep 2025 | 57,103 |
| Oct 2025 | 57,086 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,038 |
| Dec 2025 | 46,695 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,206 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,404 |
| Mar 2026 | 44,745 |
| Apr 2026 | 46,572 |
| May 2026 | 52,570 |
| Jun 2026 | 60,219 |
| Jul 2026 | 64,304 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 424 |
| Sep 2025 | 351 |
| Oct 2025 | 346 |
| Nov 2025 | 343 |
| Dec 2025 | 354 |
| Jan 2026 | 346 |
| Feb 2026 | 304 |
| Mar 2026 | 329 |
| Apr 2026 | 324 |
| May 2026 | 349 |
| Jun 2026 | 397 |
| Jul 2026 | 407 |
Airlines flying DTW–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 73 | 93% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 4.4 | 6% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.1 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 3.9 | 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
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,238 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 889 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 870 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 326 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 249 flights
- Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 167 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 122 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 94 flights
Also carried: 430 tonnes of freight and 8 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,832
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.2% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 85.7% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 57% · aircraft arriving late 21% · air traffic system 18% · 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
- $379
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $267
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 91% of passengers · $394
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 3% of passengers · $135
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $222 · Q3 2025 $231 · Q4 2025 $300 · Q1 2026 $379).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $387, likely $335–$441
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.3%). 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: 848 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.