WN261 AUS → MCI

Southwest Airlines · Austin, TX to Kansas City, MO · 29 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-04 · 650 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Wednesdays vs. 20% on Tuesdays.

WN261 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for AUS → MCI, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
+11 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN261 on time?

Across 29 flights on AUS → MCI from 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-04, WN261 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 69% of the time. The median arrival delay was +11 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +53 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2069%
16-30 min310%
31-60 min310%
61-120 min310%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072665%+16 min
2025-083100%-1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon560%
Tue520%
Wed580%
Thu580%
Fri4100%
SatNo data—
Sun580%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…