DCA → MCI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Kansas City, MO · 999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 55 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 46% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → MCI (999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time71973%
16-30 min849%
31-60 min849%
61-120 min556%
2+ hrs374%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078266%+24 min
2025-088380%+9 min
2025-098282%+5 min
2025-108467%+11 min
2025-118283%+7 min
2025-128971%+13 min
2026-017990%-8 min
2026-027482%+0 min
2026-038158%+30 min
2026-048279%+6 min
2026-058271%+21 min
2026-067954%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15072%
Tue15780%
Wed15574%
Thu15373%
Fri15469%
Sat6268%
Sun14876%

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