MDW → MCI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to Kansas City, MO · 2,097 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 95 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 57% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+38 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → MCI (2,097 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +38 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,64980%
16-30 min1588%
31-60 min1447%
61-120 min784%
2+ hrs372%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0719873%+17 min
2025-0818980%+8 min
2025-0917786%0 min
2025-1019886%+2 min
2025-1115087%+1 min
2025-1216472%+8 min
2026-0115084%+2 min
2026-0213486%+0 min
2026-0316775%+11 min
2026-0416982%+3 min
2026-0517678%+10 min
2026-0619472%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31277%
Tue31588%
Wed30881%
Thu31277%
Fri30382%
Sat22082%
Sun29673%

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