Route
LAX → MCI
Los Angeles International Airport Kansas City International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 82.3%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 66 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,349
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 43%
- Air traffic control & airport 7%
- Security 0%
- Extreme weather 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 90.1% | 113 |
| October 2025 | 90.4% | 104 |
| November 2025 | 77.6% | 99 |
| December 2025 | 75.3% | 78 |
| January 2026 | 87.7% | 66 |
| February 2026 | 85.5% | 76 |
| March 2026 | 76.9% | 105 |
| April 2026 | 85.8% | 127 |
| May 2026 | 86.2% | 135 |
| June 2026 | 74.2% | 151 |
| July 2026 | 77.6% | 156 |
| August 2026 | 84.7% | 139 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 616 | 89.7% | 0.5% | 83 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 560 | 71.2% | 0.9% | 59 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 141 | 94.3% | 0.0% | 42 min |
| NK | 32 | 83.9% | 0.0% | 89 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL1517
7% late · 338 flights
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DL2243
13% late · 174 flights
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OO5426
6% late · 97 flights
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DL2016
14% late · 85 flights
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WN2212
5% late · 64 flights
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WN2861
19% late · 57 flights
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WN4892
14% late · 51 flights
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WN4518
13% late · 47 flights
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WN2567
51% late · 43 flights
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WN2408
60% late · 35 flights
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NK3830
17% late · 31 flights
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WN1249
65% late · 31 flights
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WN1324
3% late · 31 flights
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WN346
15% late · 27 flights
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WN2863
42% late · 24 flights
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OO5320
4% late · 23 flights
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OO5230
5% late · 21 flights
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WN1737
42% late · 20 flights
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