Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Oakland
1,489 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–OAK arrive on time 64% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate64%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights
based on 190 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time64%Median5 minp9040 minCancel0.5%Flights190
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline38%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft55%
- 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 → OAK
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 40% to 91% on time.
- Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 96 flights · limited
- Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 288 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 40 min · 456 flights
- Evenings56% on time · p90 50 min · 126 flights · limited
- Overnights40% on time · p90 80 min · 98 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 80% on time.
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Fridays73% on time · p90 50 min · 155 flights · limited
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 30 min · 123 flights · limited
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 40 min · 156 flights · limited
- Mondays69% on time · p90 45 min · 157 flights · limited
- Sundays62% on time · p90 40 min · 159 flights · limited
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