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Route Reliability

Detroit → Kansas City

DTW–MCI · 629 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Kansas City International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines82% on time · 1,342 flights
  • Spirit Airlines86% on time · 21 flights
  • American Airlines100% on time · 1 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 76% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

DTW–MCI flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MCI flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon79%(195 flights)
  • Tue88%(197 flights)
  • Wed82%(194 flights)
  • Thu83%(205 flights)
  • Fri82%(195 flights)
  • Sat81%(154 flights)
  • Sun79%(206 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(365 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(260 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(354 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(354 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 81% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%121
July 202575%125
August 202585%116
September 202586%107
October 202590%117
November 202582%107
December 202566%105
January 202679%99
February 202683%105
March 202681%116
April 202688%114
May 202689%114

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Based on 1,364 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.