Historical on-time performance
St. Louis to Wichita
392 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on STL–ICT arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights
based on 678 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.2%Flights678
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline22%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft69%
- 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 STL → ICT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.
- Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 796 flights
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 229 flights
- Overnights71% on time · p90 55 min · 961 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 82% on time.
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 314 flights
- Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 309 flights
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights
- Sundays78% on time · p90 45 min · 297 flights
- Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 310 flights
- Mondays78% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 172 flights · limited
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