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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Kansas City

PHX–MCI · 1,044 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,468
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines79%781 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%1,632 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (55 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–MCI flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 81% on time on Saturdays against 75% on Fridays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–MCI flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon75%(360 flights)
  • Tue79%(334 flights)
  • Wed76%(337 flights)
  • Thu79%(365 flights)
  • Fri75%(352 flights)
  • Sat81%(305 flights)
  • Sun75%(385 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 AM97%(77 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(506 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(546 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(356 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(328 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(579 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 70% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%175
July 202572%176
August 202579%174
September 202583%160
October 202581%196
November 202580%220
December 202572%238
January 202682%217
February 202687%201
March 202671%268
April 202679%212
May 202671%201

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Based on 2,468 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.