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Route Reliability

Chicago → Kansas City

MDW–MCI · 404 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
2,093
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 2,093 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–MCI flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–MCI flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(311 flights)
  • Tue88%(308 flights)
  • Wed83%(311 flights)
  • Thu76%(313 flights)
  • Fri82%(302 flights)
  • Sat82%(216 flights)
  • Sun74%(302 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(55 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(445 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(349 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(376 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(334 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(319 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(185 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 74% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%191
July 202573%198
August 202580%189
September 202586%177
October 202586%198
November 202587%150
December 202572%164
January 202684%150
February 202686%134
March 202675%167
April 202682%169
May 202678%176

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Based on 2,093 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.