Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Boston → Kansas City via St Louis: arrives on time 16%
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18:50 BOS → 20:55 STLWN 754 · Southwest · 3h 05m · 42% on time, 2.0% cancelled
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50m layover in St Louis (STL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
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21:45 STL → 22:50 MCIWN 2453 · Southwest · 1h 05m · 60% on time, 0.0% cancelled
Total trip 5h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Boston). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.
Makes the connection27%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 73% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time16%First flight not cancelled (2.0% are) × connection made (27%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (60%).
Total trip5h 00mBOS 18:50 to MCI 22:50, layover included
Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.
Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.