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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Seattle

MCISEA · 1,490 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,132
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines85%364 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines81%742 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (26 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MCI–SEA flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MCI–SEA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 77%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 81%.

Trending in the right direction.

MCI–SEA flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon86%(164 flights)
  • Tue89%(152 flights)
  • Wed83%(150 flights)
  • Thu82%(164 flights)
  • Fri77%(159 flights)
  • Sat82%(148 flights)
  • Sun77%(176 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(628 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(159 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(198 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(128 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 75% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%122
July 202576%127
August 202582%120
September 202586%108
October 202579%85
November 202585%79
December 202568%83
January 202680%66
February 202691%55
March 202689%72
April 202691%88
May 202691%108

Based on 1,132 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.