Kansas City International Airport (MCI) delays & on-time performance
Kansas City, Missouri · 59 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MCI right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
734 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
70 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 49,298 departures from MCI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MCI were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Kansas City International Airport (MCI) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (78%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (91% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
Most delayed routes from MCI
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco72%365 flts
- BOS · Boston73%646 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale74%551 flts
- DCA · Washington75%1,927 flts
- SAN · San Diego75%385 flts
- ORD · Chicago76%4,197 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%2,525 flts
- LGA · New York77%1,822 flts
- MSY · New Orleans77%364 flts
- DEN · Denver77%4,327 flts
Most reliable routes from MCI
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DTW · Detroit88%1,342 flts
- ATL · Atlanta87%3,272 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City87%1,009 flts
- IAH · Houston86%486 flts
- STL · St. Louis86%1,020 flts
- SEA · Seattle85%1,131 flts
- MIA · Miami84%844 flts
- EWR · Newark84%489 flts
- BWI · Baltimore83%882 flts
- HOU · Houston83%1,001 flts
Best airline at MCI
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 1.9% | 12 min | 10 | 8,046 |
| Alaska Airlines | 86% | 0.8% | 10 min | 2 | 1,063 |
| Spirit Airlines | 82% | 3.2% | 13 min | 5 | 689 |
| Republic Airways | 81% | 2.8% | 19 min | 9 | 1,616 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.1% | 22 min | 13 | 5,064 |
| Envoy Air | 80% | 2.3% | 15 min | 5 | 1,664 |
| United Airlines | 79% | 1.4% | 17 min | 6 | 3,588 |
| Southwest Airlines | 78% | 0.8% | 13 min | 44 | 23,382 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 78% | 2.2% | 24 min | 11 | 2,385 |
| PSA Airlines | 75% | 8.2% | 29 min | 5 | 966 |
| Frontier Airlines | 74% | 0.6% | 26 min | 5 | 544 |
| Allegiant Air | 66% | 0.7% | 24 min | 4 | 291 |
Best time to fly out of MCI
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am91%3,384 flts
- 6am91%5,723 flts
- 7am91%3,476 flts
- 8am87%2,038 flts
- 9am82%2,282 flts
- 10am87%3,029 flts
- 11am83%2,725 flts
- 12pm82%2,773 flts
- 1pm80%3,075 flts
- 2pm78%3,616 flts
- 3pm74%3,343 flts
- 4pm73%2,880 flts
- 5pm70%4,140 flts
- 6pm67%3,238 flts
- 7pm64%2,264 flts
- 8pm64%856 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
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.