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Route Reliability

Houston → Kansas City

HOU–MCI · 666 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Kansas City International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,003
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 1,003 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

HOU–MCI flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 72%.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–MCI flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(151 flights)
  • Tue78%(136 flights)
  • Wed82%(131 flights)
  • Thu75%(145 flights)
  • Fri77%(151 flights)
  • Sat83%(122 flights)
  • Sun77%(158 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(287 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(86 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(174 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(95 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(146 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(206 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 63% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%90
July 202570%90
August 202576%80
September 202581%77
October 202583%87
November 202583%76
December 202578%78
January 202693%69
February 202691%77
March 202662%91
April 202682%90
May 202674%89

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Based on 1,003 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.