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Route Reliability

New York → Kansas City

JFK–MCI · 1,113 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
366
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 67% of the time across 366 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

JFK–MCI flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 50% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–MCI flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Tuesdays and just 56% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–MCI flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(48 flights)
  • Tue74%(50 flights)
  • Wed68%(50 flights)
  • Thu66%(50 flights)
  • Fri71%(52 flights)
  • Sat63%(51 flights)
  • Sun56%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM65%(74 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(261 flights)
  • 6–9 PM50%(16 flights)
On-time trend by month
59%
May

Jun 52% → May 59% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202552%29
July 202564%28
August 202587%30
September 202577%30
October 202573%30
November 202577%30
December 202545%31
January 202654%28
February 202673%26
March 202667%30
April 202677%30
May 202659%29

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 366 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.