OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Kansas City

393 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–MCI arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 907 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.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights256
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights651

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline68%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Late aircraft18%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 18 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MSP → MCI

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 75% to 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 1,030 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,139 flights
  • Overnights75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,091 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 50 min · 876 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 581 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 587 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 506 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 632 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 45 min · 621 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 629 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 636 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.