Minneapolis (MSP) to New York (NYC): 1,026 miles (1,651 km) great-circle, about 2h 35m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $318 round-trip on Southwest, with 1 stop, departing May 21, 2026.
$318 round-trip, Southwest WN3467, departing 2026-05-21 at 14:25, returning 2026-05-25. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Monday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 26 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $318, it ranked 17th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MSP (median $275). That is 31.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the MSP median of 19.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MSP of similar length: Houston (1,059 mi) at $182 and Salt Lake City (989 mi) at $248.
Southwest had the cheapest fare on 5 of 30 MSP routes. It is the 23rd longest of the 30 routes we track from MSP.
Of 50 departure airports with a fare to New York, Minneapolis (MSP) ranked 22nd at $318. Lowest: $95 from Miami (MIA); highest: $1609 from Auckland (AKL); 18 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Spirit (8), Frontier (7), Alaska Airlines (3), JetBlue (3), Southwest (3) and Air Canada (2), plus 20 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Chicago, America/New_York; flight time is our estimate.