DL5253Delta Air Lines · MSP → DSM
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL5253 MinneapolisMSP · 19:45 Des MoinesDSM · 21:00

DL5253 by Delta Air Lines flies from Minneapolis (MSP) to Des Moines (DSM) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Des Moines · today
20:48

arrived at DSM · 12 min early

Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−12 arrival
10-27
−12 arrival
10-26
−10 arrival
10-25
+25 arrival
10-24
−21 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −12 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MSPMinneapolisHigh riskMSP delay board →
DSMDes MoinesOn-time likelyDSM delay board →
MSP→DSMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MSP and DSM are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Minneapolis to Des Moines with Delta Air Lines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.7%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Minneapolis to Des Moines flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL4998departs 08:55
DL5490departs 13:08
DL4913departs 17:55

If DL5253 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Des Moines on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSP local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL5253 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL5253 across the MSP and DSM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL5253 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-28MSP 19:45DSM 21:00 20:48 (−12)
10-27MSP 19:45DSM 21:00 20:48 (−12)
10-26MSP 19:45DSM 21:00 20:50 (−10)
10-25MSP 19:45DSM 21:00 21:25 (+25)
10-24MSP 19:45DSM 21:00 20:39 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N317CA, N331CA, N690CA.

Board clocks recorded as MSP and DSM published them.

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