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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Fort Lauderdale

MCIFLL · 1,242 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
582
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines75%419 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines72%163 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCI–FLL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 69% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCI–FLL flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 55% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

On this route they all land within 72% to 75% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Slipping a little lately.

MCI–FLL flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon68%(96 flights)
  • Tue82%(56 flights)
  • Wed84%(62 flights)
  • Thu68%(69 flights)
  • Fri75%(96 flights)
  • Sat83%(118 flights)
  • Sun55%(71 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(22 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(39 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(93 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(163 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(175 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(76 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 70% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%50
July 202572%50
August 202579%43
September 202589%37
October 202575%40
November 202582%45
December 202562%58
January 202674%58
February 202683%48
March 202668%62
April 202672%46
May 202665%31

Based on 582 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.