MCI → LGA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to New York, NY · 782 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 45% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+49 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → LGA (782 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +49 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time58177%
16-30 min638%
31-60 min466%
61-120 min395%
2+ hrs223%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075281%+10 min
2025-085784%+4 min
2025-095682%+5 min
2025-105677%+9 min
2025-115671%+11 min
2025-125871%+20 min
2026-015190%-8 min
2026-024787%-8 min
2026-037071%+18 min
2026-048277%+7 min
2026-058075%+9 min
2026-068671%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11276%
Tue11877%
Wed11679%
Thu11877%
Fri11882%
Sat5671%
Sun11375%

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