LGA → MCI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · New York, NY to Kansas City, MO · 782 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 — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LGA → MCI (782 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +82 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time51168%
16-30 min7610%
31-60 min608%
61-120 min649%
2+ hrs385%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075163%+33 min
2025-085786%+7 min
2025-095580%+7 min
2025-105657%+23 min
2025-115668%+23 min
2025-125845%+39 min
2026-015288%-4 min
2026-024783%+3 min
2026-037658%+31 min
2026-048165%+13 min
2026-057971%+18 min
2026-068164%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11764%
Tue11879%
Wed11570%
Thu11666%
Fri11669%
Sat5675%
Sun11158%

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