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Route Reliability

Austin → Kansas City

AUS–MCI · 650 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
853
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 853 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

AUS–MCI flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 54% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AUS–MCI flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

AUS–MCI flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(145 flights)
  • Tue85%(110 flights)
  • Wed85%(110 flights)
  • Thu72%(143 flights)
  • Fri76%(147 flights)
  • Sat69%(65 flights)
  • Sun68%(128 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(153 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(137 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(103 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(141 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(142 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM54%(160 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 73% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%71
July 202570%69
August 202574%69
September 202584%69
October 202576%79
November 202561%71
December 202578%73
January 202692%61
February 202683%59
March 202663%73
April 202667%76
May 202678%78

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Based on 853 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.