LAX → MCI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Kansas City, MO · 498 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 28 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 38% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LAX → MCI (498 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time37275%
16-30 min5411%
31-60 min326%
61-120 min235%
2+ hrs122%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073494%-3 min
2025-083291%-3 min
2025-093087%-1 min
2025-103987%+3 min
2025-114770%+11 min
2025-124573%+8 min
2026-013482%+1 min
2026-023583%+2 min
2026-034365%+20 min
2026-044374%+4 min
2026-054473%+11 min
2026-066754%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8064%
Tue6088%
Wed5686%
Thu7779%
Fri8470%
Sat6481%
Sun7267%

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