Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Fort Lauderdale
1,242 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–FLL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights
based on 426 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9045 minCancel1.2%Flights426
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft49%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MCI → FLL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 203 flights
- Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 327 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 50 min · 857 flights
- Evenings64% on time · p90 70 min · 193 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 78% on time.
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 170 flights · limited
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 341 flights
- Mondays75% on time · p90 40 min · 262 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 30 min · 206 flights
- Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 260 flights
- Sundays68% on time · p90 65 min · 192 flights · limited
- Thursdays63% on time · p90 50 min · 167 flights · limited
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