Saint Paul (MSP) – St. Louis (STL)
- Distance
- 721 km
- 448 mi · 389 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 30 min / 1 h 33 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → STL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 91 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (54 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 406,193
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.1%
- Flights / week
- 86
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 532,177 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- 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 MSP
- 160°
- Heading from STL
- 342°
- Halfway point
- 41.82, -91.73
- Great-circle km
- 721 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → STL
- 1 h 5 min
- In the air STL → MSP
- 1 h 13 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,013 |
| Sep 2025 | 38,346 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,749 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,787 |
| Dec 2025 | 31,203 |
| Jan 2026 | 24,355 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,483 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,574 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,142 |
| May 2026 | 35,889 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,697 |
| Jul 2026 | 38,955 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 411 |
| Sep 2025 | 406 |
| Oct 2025 | 385 |
| Nov 2025 | 335 |
| Dec 2025 | 344 |
| Jan 2026 | 312 |
| Feb 2026 | 297 |
| Mar 2026 | 368 |
| Apr 2026 | 385 |
| May 2026 | 405 |
| Jun 2026 | 408 |
| Jul 2026 | 422 |
Airlines flying MSP–STL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 34 | 39% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 25 | 38% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 15 | 13% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 12 | 10% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 0.3 | 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
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,041 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 638 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 548 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 516 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 463 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 453 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 319 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 265 flights
Also carried: 133 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 3,872
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 83.7% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.3% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 76.2% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 48% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 12% · weather 8% · 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
- $293
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $250
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 70% of passengers · $317
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 28% of passengers · $238
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $232 · Q3 2025 $233 · Q4 2025 $257 · Q1 2026 $293).
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: 721 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.