Route Reliability
Kansas City → Sacramento
MCI–SMF · 1,442 miles · Kansas City International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- 70%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 209
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 209 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
MCI–SMF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
MCI–SMF flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays and just 60% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 209 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Trending in the right direction.
MCI–SMF flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon63%(32 flights)
- Tue85%(26 flights)
- Wed83%(23 flights)
- Thu60%(30 flights)
- Fri67%(33 flights)
- Sat69%(26 flights)
- Sun71%(38 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM91%(34 flights)
- 12–3 PM66%(141 flights)
- 3–6 PM64%(28 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(5 flights)
Jun 60% → Feb 56% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 60% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 59% | 27 |
| September 2025 | 81% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 66% | 29 |
| November 2025 | 95% | 20 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 17 |
| February 2026 | 56% | 18 |
Keep nerding
Based on 209 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.