Flight Reliability
DL 2016 · Delta Air Lines
Los Angeles → Kansas City (LAX–MCI)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SLC–SEA) are included in these numbers.
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.0%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 201 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
DL 2016 departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 80% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 2016 arrived on time 86% of the time on Fridays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the LAX–MCI route.
DL 2016 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 86% across the LAX–MCI route.
Recent months have been rougher.
DL 2016 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon79%(29 flights)
- Tue82%(28 flights)
- Wed82%(27 flights)
- Thu86%(28 flights)
- Fri86%(29 flights)
- Sat83%(29 flights)
- Sun66%(29 flights)
- 3–6 PM93%(14 flights)
- 6–9 PM80%(185 flights)
Jun 77% → May 50% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 24 |
| May 2026 | 50% | 24 |
- Departures on time
- 81%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 199
- Months covered
- 8
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 201 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.