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Route Reliability

Denver → Kansas City

DENMCI · 533 miles · Denver International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
4,229
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,654 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines79%245 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines73%2,330 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–MCI flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 51% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–MCI flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 72%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–MCI flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(659 flights)
  • Tue77%(566 flights)
  • Wed79%(576 flights)
  • Thu73%(634 flights)
  • Fri72%(662 flights)
  • Sat80%(472 flights)
  • Sun75%(636 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM98%(46 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(680 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(857 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(791 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(834 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(879 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM51%(118 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 64% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%376
July 202562%384
August 202570%368
September 202575%360
October 202583%393
November 202588%347
December 202578%331
January 202686%302
February 202683%292
March 202673%336
April 202682%337
May 202673%379

Based on 4,229 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.