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Route Reliability

Newark → Kansas City

EWRMCI · 1,092 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
468
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 468 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–MCI flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

EWR–MCI flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

EWR–MCI flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(71 flights)
  • Tue90%(70 flights)
  • Wed79%(70 flights)
  • Thu74%(65 flights)
  • Fri78%(68 flights)
  • Sat84%(43 flights)
  • Sun82%(66 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(84 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(126 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(165 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM86%(78 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 70% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%43
July 202559%51
August 202570%56
September 202595%55
October 202581%57
November 202578%51
December 202581%31
April 202690%48
May 202693%61

Based on 468 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.