Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Kansas City
393 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–MCI arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 974 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.9%Flights974
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline62%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)6%
- Late aircraft28%
- 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 MSP → MCI
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 74% to 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 1,080 flights
- Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,169 flights
- Overnights75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,092 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 45 min · 926 flights
- Evenings74% on time · p90 50 min · 58 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 85% on time.
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 610 flights
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 514 flights
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 616 flights
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 647 flights
- Sundays81% on time · p90 35 min · 641 flights
- Mondays80% on time · p90 40 min · 646 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 651 flights
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