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Southwest Airlines LGA to MCI on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Kansas City · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.8%
31 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on LGA to MCI arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.8% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (59%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 60.8% on time, 12.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 57.1% on time, 3.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 66.1% on time, 1.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 41.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 88.5% on time, 3.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.9% on time, 7.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 56.6% on time, 6.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 65.4% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.9% on time, 2.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 63.0% on time, 5.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.9% on time, 8.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft59%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to MCI

Full LGA to MCI comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

812 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 31 cancelled, 2 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.