Historical on-time performance
New York to Kansas City
1,107 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LGA–MCI arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay95 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights
based on 1,642 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time66%Medianon timep9085 minCancel3.1%Flights678
- Delta Air LinesOn-time68%Medianon timep90100 minCancel2.4%Flights964
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline38%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft37%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly LGA → MCI
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,434 flights
- Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,502 flights
- Evenings72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,390 flights
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,363 flights
- Overnights54% on time · p90 115 min · 266 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 82% on time.
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 465 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 941 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 939 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 941 flights
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 929 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 50 min · 941 flights
- Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 799 flights
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