Historical on-time performance
Oakland to Kansas City
1,489 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on OAK–MCI arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 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-time87%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.5%Flights190
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline54%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft22%
- Security2%
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 OAK → MCI
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 — 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 692 flights
- Middays73% on time · p90 30 min · 327 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 87% on time.
- Sundays87% on time · p90 15 min · 167 flights · limited
- Fridays85% on time · p90 20 min · 155 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
- Mondays83% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 123 flights · limited
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
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