Saint Paul (MSP) – Seattle (SEA)

Distance

2,251 km

1,399 mi · 1,216 nm

Flight time

3 h 48 min / 3 h 16 min

Average gate to gate: MSP → SEA / back

Time difference

2 h

CO2 per passenger

282 kg

One way, economy, incl. RF (167 kg CO2 only)

Passengers / year

980,788

Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.8%

Flights / week

118

Both directions, average

Seats filled

87%

1,133,311 seats a year

Airlines nonstop

3

DL, AS, SY

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

Airlines flying MSP–SEA nonstop

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 · 2,402 flights
• Boeing 737-800 · 1,032 flights
• Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 967 flights
• Boeing B737 Max 900 · 655 flights
• Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 641 flights
• Boeing 757-300 · 338 flights
• Boeing B737 Max 800 · 63 flights
• A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 5 flights

Also carried: 425 tonnes of freight and 157 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time

83.9%

Arrived within 15 min of schedule

Average delay

11 min

Late arrivals count, early ones as 0

Cancelled

0.9%

Flights counted

5,369

Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Delay minutes by cause: airline 48% · aircraft arriving late 27% · air traffic system 21% · 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

$261

One way, all cabins

Average over a year

$242

Q3 2025 – Q1 2026

Largest airline

Delta Air Lines

63% of passengers · $282

Lowest-fare airline

Alaska Airlines

29% of passengers · $238

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $231 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $261).

U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources

Every airport pair between Saint Paul and Seattle

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Seattle airports