Historical on-time performance
San Antonio to Kansas City
706 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SAT–MCI arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 129 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time82%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.0%Flights129
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline16%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)4%
- Late aircraft80%
- 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 SAT → 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 84% to 89% on time.
- Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 620 flights
- Afternoons84% on time · p90 20 min · 93 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 92% on time.
- Tuesdays92% on time · p90 5 min · 91 flights · limited
- Thursdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 116 flights · limited
- Mondays90% on time · p90 15 min · 118 flights · limited
- Wednesdays90% on time · p90 15 min · 88 flights · limited
- Fridays87% on time · p90 20 min · 123 flights · limited
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 65 flights · limited
- Sundays83% on time · p90 20 min · 197 flights · limited
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