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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Dallas

MCI–DAL · 461 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Dallas Love Field

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
2,033
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 2,033 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCI–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCI–DAL flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MCI–DAL flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(299 flights)
  • Tue89%(292 flights)
  • Wed87%(291 flights)
  • Thu84%(296 flights)
  • Fri83%(294 flights)
  • Sat82%(211 flights)
  • Sun72%(320 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(228 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(312 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(286 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(369 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(307 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(380 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(121 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 75% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%164
July 202575%163
August 202582%158
September 202582%152
October 202584%179
November 202584%168
December 202580%178
January 202690%151
February 202688%155
March 202679%182
April 202687%178
May 202678%175

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Based on 2,033 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.