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Southwest Airlines TPA to MCI on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
59 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on TPA to MCI arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 79.2% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.9% on time, 4.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft56%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security3%

Other airlines on TPA to MCI

634 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 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.