Route Reliability
Philadelphia → Kansas City
PHL–MCI · 1,038 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Kansas City International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.6%
- Cancelled
- 905
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 905 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
PHL–MCI flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 65% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Thursdays have been rough.
PHL–MCI flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays and just 66% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
PHL–MCI flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon78%(127 flights)
- Tue80%(126 flights)
- Wed75%(120 flights)
- Thu66%(126 flights)
- Fri73%(125 flights)
- Sat81%(121 flights)
- Sun69%(125 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(6 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM79%(299 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(229 flights)
- 3–6 PM77%(31 flights)
- 6–9 PM66%(288 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM65%(17 flights)
Jun 63% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 63% | 86 |
| July 2025 | 67% | 85 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 86 |
| September 2025 | 82% | 78 |
| October 2025 | 71% | 84 |
| November 2025 | 66% | 58 |
| December 2025 | 59% | 54 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 55 |
| February 2026 | 84% | 50 |
| March 2026 | 88% | 58 |
| April 2026 | 82% | 84 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 92 |
Keep nerding
Based on 905 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.