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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Kansas City

MSP–MCI · 393 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,590
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 1,590 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSP–MCI flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MSP–MCI flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–MCI flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon76%(235 flights)
  • Tue82%(230 flights)
  • Wed78%(228 flights)
  • Thu81%(230 flights)
  • Fri73%(232 flights)
  • Sat81%(181 flights)
  • Sun76%(231 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(277 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(284 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(362 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(294 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(350 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 83% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%132
July 202574%147
August 202572%144
September 202585%137
October 202582%146
November 202580%112
December 202560%115
January 202677%115
February 202684%105
March 202674%130
April 202686%141
May 202677%143

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Based on 1,590 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.