Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Indianapolis
451 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–IND arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 218 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time71%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights218
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline27%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft63%
- 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 → IND
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 72% to 91% on time.
- Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 93 flights · limited
- Middays90% on time · p90 15 min · 319 flights
- Evenings82% on time · p90 35 min · 126 flights · limited
- Overnights72% on time · p90 70 min · 156 flights · limited
- Afternoons72% on time · p90 50 min · 468 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 86% on time.
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 184 flights · limited
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 74 flights · limited
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 183 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 171 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 45 min · 184 flights · limited
- Fridays74% on time · p90 40 min · 184 flights · limited
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 182 flights · limited
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