Saint Paul (MSP) – Philadelphia (PHL)
- Distance
- 1,578 km
- 980 mi · 852 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 31 min / 2 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → PHL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 198 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (117 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 402,837
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.9%
- Flights / week
- 80
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 513,611 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, OH, AA
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 MSP
- 104°
- Heading from PHL
- 297°
- Halfway point
- 42.73, -83.87
- Great-circle km
- 1,574 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → PHL
- 2 h 4 min
- In the air PHL → MSP
- 2 h 27 min
- Clocks
- Philadelphia is 1 h ahead of Saint Paul
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,662 |
| Sep 2025 | 37,161 |
| Oct 2025 | 38,003 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,390 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,438 |
| Jan 2026 | 20,541 |
| Feb 2026 | 18,407 |
| Mar 2026 | 23,546 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,405 |
| May 2026 | 39,256 |
| Jun 2026 | 45,271 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,757 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 369 |
| Sep 2025 | 336 |
| Oct 2025 | 395 |
| Nov 2025 | 327 |
| Dec 2025 | 307 |
| Jan 2026 | 264 |
| Feb 2026 | 247 |
| Mar 2026 | 282 |
| Apr 2026 | 377 |
| May 2026 | 427 |
| Jun 2026 | 433 |
| Jul 2026 | 420 |
Airlines flying MSP–PHL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 45 | 64% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 21 | 15% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 6.8 | 9% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 4.6 | 9% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 2.2 | 2% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.8 | 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
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,032 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 740 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 609 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 464 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 458 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 242 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 192 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 177 flights
Also carried: 38 tonnes of freight and 119 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,101
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.2% | 18 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 75.8% | 24 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 72.8% | 35 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 78.1% | 16 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 70% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 49% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 14% · weather 5% · 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
- $330
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $282
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 67% of passengers · $354
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 21% of passengers · $338
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $260 · Q3 2025 $261 · Q4 2025 $303 · Q1 2026 $330).
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: 1,574 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.