Route
MCI → LAX
Kansas City International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 82.5%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 65 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,337
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 36%
- Air traffic control & airport 11%
- Extreme weather 5%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 84.1% | 113 |
| October 2025 | 81.7% | 104 |
| November 2025 | 79.8% | 99 |
| December 2025 | 70.5% | 79 |
| January 2026 | 90.9% | 66 |
| February 2026 | 78.9% | 77 |
| March 2026 | 87.6% | 105 |
| April 2026 | 81.1% | 127 |
| May 2026 | 80.9% | 135 |
| June 2026 | 82.0% | 150 |
| July 2026 | 84.7% | 144 |
| August 2026 | 85.4% | 138 |
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 | 91.8% | 0.5% | 90 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 548 | 69.0% | 0.5% | 56 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 141 | 94.3% | 0.0% | 79 min |
| NK | 32 | 81.2% | 0.0% | 95 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
9% late · 331 flights
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DL2337
6% late · 205 flights
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OO5489
3% late · 97 flights
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WN4827
12% late · 43 flights
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WN3036
45% late · 42 flights
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WN3522
38% late · 39 flights
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DL1354
6% late · 33 flights
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NK3831
19% late · 31 flights
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WN2924
23% late · 31 flights
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DL1783
14% late · 29 flights
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WN1391
7% late · 28 flights
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WN1417
33% late · 27 flights
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WN2418
33% late · 27 flights
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WN3493
38% late · 26 flights
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WN2510
4% late · 24 flights
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WN3887
17% late · 24 flights
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WN403
33% late · 24 flights
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OO5632
13% late · 23 flights
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WN2561
52% late · 23 flights
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WN706
26% late · 23 flights
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OO5223
10% late · 21 flights
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