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American Airlines DFW to MCI on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Kansas City · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
55 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to MCI arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.8% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 41.0% on time, 4.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 41.7% on time, 4.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 71.1% on time, 3.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 68.2% on time, 4.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 59.8% on time, 0.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.6% on time, 11.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 68.0% on time, 0.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 74.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 56.5% on time, 3.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 57.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion6%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to MCI

Full DFW to MCI comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,985 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 55 cancelled, 5 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.