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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Denver

MCIDEN · 533 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Denver International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
4,233
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,655 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines73%245 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines73%2,333 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCI–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 56% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MCI–DEN flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 73%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 73%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(659 flights)
  • Tue78%(563 flights)
  • Wed79%(579 flights)
  • Thu74%(632 flights)
  • Fri73%(662 flights)
  • Sat81%(472 flights)
  • Sun73%(630 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM85%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(899 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(906 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(801 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(877 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(530 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(53 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 60% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%376
July 202563%377
August 202568%364
September 202578%361
October 202574%392
November 202585%350
December 202573%334
January 202686%300
February 202684%293
March 202679%335
April 202680%337
May 202682%378

Based on 4,233 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.