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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Kansas City

RDU–MCI · 904 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
394
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines85% on time · 346 flights
  • Southwest Airlines69% on time · 48 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RDU–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RDU–MCI flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(48 flights)
  • Tue86%(49 flights)
  • Wed88%(50 flights)
  • Thu87%(47 flights)
  • Fri80%(46 flights)
  • Sat84%(61 flights)
  • Sun74%(82 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(335 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(30 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 82% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%38
July 202574%34
August 202586%36
September 202588%34
October 202582%33
November 202594%33
December 202565%20
January 202684%25
February 202693%27
March 202691%35
April 202677%34
May 202671%34

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Based on 394 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.