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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Austin

MCI–AUS · 650 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
853
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 853 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCI–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 50% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCI–AUS flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MCI–AUS flights arrived on time 82% 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
  • Mon77%(144 flights)
  • Tue88%(112 flights)
  • Wed90%(110 flights)
  • Thu83%(142 flights)
  • Fri82%(146 flights)
  • Sat80%(65 flights)
  • Sun70%(128 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(161 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(171 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(79 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(120 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(176 flights)
  • 6–9 PM50%(120 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(20 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 68% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%72
July 202573%69
August 202586%69
September 202583%69
October 202585%79
November 202576%70
December 202580%73
January 202688%59
February 202693%59
March 202680%74
April 202687%76
May 202681%78

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Based on 853 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.