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Route Reliability

Dallas → Kansas City

DAL–MCI · 461 miles · Dallas Love Field to Kansas City International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
2,036
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 2,036 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–MCI flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–MCI flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(297 flights)
  • Tue83%(288 flights)
  • Wed84%(290 flights)
  • Thu71%(295 flights)
  • Fri75%(296 flights)
  • Sat78%(216 flights)
  • Sun71%(316 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(469 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(358 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(331 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(385 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(291 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(164 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 68% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%162
July 202576%162
August 202575%158
September 202583%155
October 202576%178
November 202582%169
December 202580%179
January 202685%149
February 202681%157
March 202673%181
April 202674%177
May 202670%171

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Based on 2,036 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.