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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Kansas City

IND–MCI · 451 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
350
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 350 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, against 86% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

IND–MCI flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 82%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(51 flights)
  • Tue94%(52 flights)
  • Wed96%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(50 flights)
  • Fri85%(52 flights)
  • Sat85%(34 flights)
  • Sun83%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(6 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(41 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(263 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 87% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202581%31
August 202594%31
September 202593%30
October 202597%35
November 202573%30
December 202581%31
January 202689%27
February 202696%26
March 202678%27
April 202685%26
May 202696%24

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Based on 350 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.