Great-circle route JFK ↔ MSP. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → MSP New York to Minneapolis |
30/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines |
| MSP → JFK Minneapolis to New York |
30/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 269,668 passengers on 2,606 flights between JFK and MSP — about 739 a day — filling 85% of the 315,742 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (59%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the JFK–MSP nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-100, Boeing 737-800, Bombardier CRJ900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between John F Kennedy International Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport is 1,026 miles, or 1,651 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,026 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,651 km |
| Nautical miles | 892 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 60 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 37m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,026-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 30 a week from New York to Minneapolis and 30 a week from Minneapolis to New York, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 269,668 passengers on 2,606 scheduled flights between JFK and MSP — about 739 a day — filling 85% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-100, Boeing 737-800, Bombardier CRJ900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
