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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Kansas City

FLL–MCI · 1,242 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
583
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines80%420 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines77%163 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FLL–MCI flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Saturdays have been rough.

FLL–MCI flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Thursdays and just 70% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

On this route they all land within 77% to 80% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

FLL–MCI flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(97 flights)
  • Tue83%(58 flights)
  • Wed89%(64 flights)
  • Thu90%(69 flights)
  • Fri80%(97 flights)
  • Sat70%(118 flights)
  • Sun71%(70 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(66 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(238 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(155 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(79 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(16 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(14 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 82% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%50
July 202590%50
August 202584%43
September 202595%39
October 202583%40
November 202583%47
December 202564%59
January 202667%57
February 202677%48
March 202676%63
April 202680%46
May 202677%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 583 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.