New York (LGA) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,642 km
- 1,020 mi · 887 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 2 min / 2 h 37 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 206 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (122 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 545,909
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.3%
- Flights / week
- 75
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 657,080 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, 9E, YX
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 LGA
- 293°
- Heading from MSP
- 99°
- Halfway point
- 43.24, -83.22
- Great-circle km
- 1,638 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → MSP
- 2 h 31 min
- In the air MSP → LGA
- 2 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,382 |
| Sep 2025 | 48,798 |
| Oct 2025 | 51,268 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,922 |
| Dec 2025 | 48,885 |
| Jan 2026 | 36,139 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,655 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,874 |
| Apr 2026 | 41,301 |
| May 2026 | 54,391 |
| Jun 2026 | 48,052 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,242 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 363 |
| Sep 2025 | 339 |
| Oct 2025 | 355 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 329 |
| Jan 2026 | 287 |
| Feb 2026 | 258 |
| Mar 2026 | 322 |
| Apr 2026 | 352 |
| May 2026 | 363 |
| Jun 2026 | 298 |
| Jul 2026 | 279 |
Airlines flying LGA–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 67 | 95% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 5.8 | 4% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.5 | 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 A321Neoxlr · 1,899 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 919 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 523 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 299 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 84 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 65 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 44 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 38 flights
Also carried: 29 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Flights counted
- 3,694
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.3% | 15 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 90.8% | 5 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 16% · air traffic system 39% · weather 1% · security 2%.
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
- $389
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $356
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 91% of passengers · $403
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 6% of passengers · $238
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $315 · Q3 2025 $339 · Q4 2025 $399 · Q1 2026 $389).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,638 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.
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