DL3965Delta Air Lines · MSP → ORD
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL3965 MinneapolisMSP · 15:02 ChicagoORD · 16:41

DL3965 by Delta Air Lines flies from Minneapolis (MSP) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:30

scheduled from MSP

Typical arrival+51 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
MSPMinneapolisHigh riskMSP delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MSP→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MSP and ORD 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 at Minneapolis

Forecast

Thu 29 Oct, local date

High12°Clikely 10°C to 15°C
Low7°Clikely 4°C to 9°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.2%usually 4.9%

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 160 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Thu 29 Oct, local date

High20°Clikely 18°C to 22°C
Low14°Clikely 11°C to 16°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.7%usually 0.7%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%usually 12%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 1,360 departures a day. · 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 Chicago flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL1578departs 07:10
DL1567departs 10:10
DL1533departs 12:59
DL1306departs 15:02
DL3975departs 15:02
DL2177departs 16:40

If DL3965 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Chicago 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 DL3965 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL3965 across the MSP and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +51 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL3965 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-24MSP 15:02ORD 16:41 16:59 (+18)
10-17MSP 15:02ORD 16:41 17:32 (+51)

Board clocks recorded as MSP and ORD published them.

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