MCI → OAK Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to Oakland, CA · 190 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+9 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → OAK (190 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05), 64% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +9 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time12064%
16-30 min3921%
31-60 min1910%
61-120 min74%
2+ hrs32%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073165%+22 min
2025-083471%+10 min
2025-093364%+12 min
2025-102544%+20 min
2025-112983%+3 min
2025-123152%+18 min
2026-01580%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2759%
Tue2774%
Wed2778%
Thu2642%
Fri2665%
Sat2273%
Sun3358%

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