MCI to LGB flight delays
Kansas City, MO (MCI) Long Beach, CA (LGB) · 1,353 miles
138 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.94%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.72%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
62 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Kansas City to Long Beach keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MCI to LGB. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in February.
Every airline on MCI to LGB
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 138 | 83.94% | 0.72% | 62 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LGB to MCI Long Beach back to Kansas City 82.35% on time BOther routes from Kansas City
Common questions
Are flights from Kansas City to Long Beach usually delayed?
83.94% of flights on the MCI to LGB route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Kansas City to Long Beach?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 138 flights and 83.94% arriving on time.
How often are MCI to LGB flights cancelled?
0.72% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MCI to LGB flights are late, how late are they?
About 62 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MCI to LGB during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →