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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Kansas City

SMFMCI · 1,442 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City International Airport

95
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
209
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 209 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SMF–MCI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 78% between 12–3 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

SMF–MCI flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Tuesdays and just 79% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 209 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(33 flights)
  • Tue100%(26 flights)
  • Wed87%(23 flights)
  • Thu86%(29 flights)
  • Fri85%(33 flights)
  • Sat100%(26 flights)
  • Sun90%(38 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(23 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM95%(103 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(80 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
Feb

Jun 90% → Feb 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%29
July 202593%30
August 202593%27
September 202589%26
October 202583%30
November 2025100%20
December 202588%17
February 202672%18

Based on 209 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.