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Route Reliability

Chicago → Kansas City

ORD–MCI · 403 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
4,116
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines73%2,209 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines69%1,907 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–MCI flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 66%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 69%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–MCI flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
  • Mon70%(606 flights)
  • Tue74%(555 flights)
  • Wed73%(555 flights)
  • Thu75%(593 flights)
  • Fri67%(587 flights)
  • Sat72%(524 flights)
  • Sun66%(596 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(867 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(388 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(913 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(849 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(666 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(333 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 64% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%339
July 202561%332
August 202577%305
September 202583%300
October 202577%350
November 202572%333
December 202563%305
January 202664%273
February 202674%332
March 202668%349
April 202668%392
May 202678%406

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,116 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.