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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Raleigh–Durham

MCI–RDU · 904 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
23 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
395
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines72% on time · 347 flights
  • Southwest Airlines52% on time · 48 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

MCI–RDU flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 50% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCI–RDU flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Mondays and just 57% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

MCI–RDU flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(49 flights)
  • Tue71%(49 flights)
  • Wed75%(47 flights)
  • Thu67%(46 flights)
  • Fri73%(48 flights)
  • Sat74%(61 flights)
  • Sun57%(82 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM50%(10 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(323 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 50% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%38
July 202558%33
August 202580%35
September 202574%34
October 202579%34
November 202570%33
December 202545%20
January 202672%25
February 202682%28
March 202669%35
April 202679%34
May 202670%33

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Based on 395 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.