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DL 5262 · Delta Air Lines

Kansas City → New York (MCI–JFK)

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
11 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 349 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DL 5262 arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 78%.

A bit ahead of the Delta Air Lines network.

DL 5262 arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.

Trending in the right direction.

DL 5262 arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(47 flights)
  • Tue88%(48 flights)
  • Wed88%(50 flights)
  • Thu83%(48 flights)
  • Fri84%(49 flights)
  • Sat85%(48 flights)
  • Sun78%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(337 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 83% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%29
July 202562%29
August 202587%31
September 202586%29
October 202587%30
November 202597%30
December 202574%19
January 202676%25
February 202689%27
March 202690%30
April 202687%30
May 202690%30
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
339
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 349 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.