Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to New York
1,107 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–LGA arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%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.
- Delta Air LinesOn-time73%Medianon timep9070 minCancel2.4%Flights964
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9045 minCancel2.7%Flights678
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline38%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)26%
- Late aircraft32%
- 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 MCI → LGA
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 — 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,924 flights
- Middays78% on time · p90 35 min · 1,747 flights
- Afternoons72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,096 flights
- Evenings72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,189 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 85% on time.
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 465 flights
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 939 flights
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 930 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 940 flights
- Mondays79% on time · p90 45 min · 942 flights
- Sundays77% on time · p90 30 min · 803 flights
- Fridays76% on time · p90 55 min · 937 flights
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