MCI → HOU Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to Houston, TX · 1,001 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 53 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+33 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → HOU (1,001 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 82% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +33 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time82182%
16-30 min677%
31-60 min646%
61-120 min354%
2+ hrs91%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079078%+18 min
2025-088084%+2 min
2025-097783%+3 min
2025-108678%+3 min
2025-117874%+6 min
2025-127986%+0 min
2026-016990%-8 min
2026-027596%-14 min
2026-039189%-4 min
2026-049081%-3 min
2026-059280%-3 min
2026-068973%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15283%
Tue13688%
Wed13190%
Thu14481%
Fri15282%
Sat12280%
Sun15975%

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