DAL → MCI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Kansas City, MO · 2,041 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 138 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 58% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to MCI?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → MCI (2,041 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,53376%
16-30 min1779%
31-60 min1588%
61-120 min925%
2+ hrs462%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716276%+9 min
2025-0815875%+11 min
2025-0915583%+3 min
2025-1017876%+9 min
2025-1116982%+7 min
2025-1217980%+5 min
2026-0114985%+3 min
2026-0215781%+2 min
2026-0318173%+12 min
2026-0417774%+8 min
2026-0517170%+11 min
2026-0617064%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29776%
Tue29884%
Wed29385%
Thu29772%
Fri29573%
Sat21678%
Sun31069%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…