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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Newark

MCI–EWR · 1,092 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
467
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 467 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCI–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

MCI–EWR flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Fridays and just 74% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(67 flights)
  • Tue89%(71 flights)
  • Wed81%(68 flights)
  • Thu74%(65 flights)
  • Fri90%(68 flights)
  • Sat81%(43 flights)
  • Sun77%(66 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(251 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(78 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(119 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 85% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%41
July 202570%50
August 202586%55
September 202580%55
October 202586%58
November 202578%50
December 202568%31
April 202687%47
May 202689%61

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 467 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.