OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Kansas City

808 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–MCI arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,190 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,190

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft55%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather88%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 26 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly CLT → MCI

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 65% to 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 792 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,066 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 55 min · 1,014 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 75 min · 996 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 549 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 528 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 595 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 495 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 55 min · 589 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 60 min · 591 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 60 min · 606 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.