MCI → DCA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to Washington, DC · 999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → DCA (999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time72374%
16-30 min869%
31-60 min828%
61-120 min576%
2+ hrs303%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078162%+22 min
2025-088274%+6 min
2025-098178%+15 min
2025-108579%+5 min
2025-118279%+6 min
2025-128983%+6 min
2026-017987%-6 min
2026-027375%+4 min
2026-038271%+19 min
2026-048274%+12 min
2026-058158%+15 min
2026-068165%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15170%
Tue15779%
Wed15376%
Thu15272%
Fri15573%
Sat6087%
Sun15069%

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