MCI → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to Los Angeles, CA · 499 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 36 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 36% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → LAX (499 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 67% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time33467%
16-30 min5912%
31-60 min5812%
61-120 min367%
2+ hrs102%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073566%+21 min
2025-083263%+10 min
2025-093067%+15 min
2025-103956%+16 min
2025-114871%+11 min
2025-124665%+19 min
2026-013589%-3 min
2026-023669%+6 min
2026-034480%-4 min
2026-044363%+20 min
2026-054358%+17 min
2026-066664%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8162%
Tue6075%
Wed5675%
Thu7872%
Fri8474%
Sat6659%
Sun7256%

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