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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Philadelphia

MCI–PHL · 1,038 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
903
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 903 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCI–PHL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCI–PHL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 72%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

MCI–PHL flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(119 flights)
  • Tue83%(126 flights)
  • Wed80%(122 flights)
  • Thu74%(123 flights)
  • Fri83%(124 flights)
  • Sat82%(121 flights)
  • Sun72%(129 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(48 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(295 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(7 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(291 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(223 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 63% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%84
July 202565%83
August 202580%85
September 202580%78
October 202578%83
November 202579%58
December 202570%54
January 202684%56
February 202686%49
March 202686%58
April 202689%84
May 202690%92

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Based on 903 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.