Direct flights from Cleveland (CLE) to Minneapolis (MSP): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 67% of the last 9 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 12 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 9 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 999 km, an estimated 1 hour 47 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cleveland and Minneapolis. Updated 21 October 2026 at 00:14 UTC.
Left CLE at 19:12, 23 min after its 18:49 slot.
Landing estimate from 241,058 tracked flights of 2 to 4 hours that left 15 to 29 min late. The MSP board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track DL3690 →Checked CLE board 20:14 · MSP board 19:11
of the last 9 operated CLE → MSP flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +12 min. 0 of 9 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at CLE: 37% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +10 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CLE to MSP flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Cleveland (CLE) to Minneapolis (MSP) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 07:00 and evening departures around 18:49 from CLE. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the MSP delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 999 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 101–116 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Delta Air Lines runs the route with about 29 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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