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Airport month · August 2023
Kansas City International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,489 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 74.4% of the time (4,489 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 79.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.2% | — | 77.8% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 79.3% | — | 78.7% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | — | 15.7 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 150 | — | 135 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,489 | — | 49,298 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,233 | 50% | 78.5% | 5.6 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 640 | 14% | 84.1% | 2.3 min | 1.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 513 | 11% | 74.3% | 14.5 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 372 | 8% | 82.8% | 5.0 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 143 | 3% | 86.0% | -6.7 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 98 | 2% | 91.8% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 93 | 2% | 67.7% | 16.1 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 91 | 2% | 81.3% | 18.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 90 | 2% | 81.1% | 3.1 min | 2.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 89 | 2% | 82.0% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 66.1% | 35.8 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 27 | 1% | 59.3% | 21.0 min | 7.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 409 | 76.8% | 11.8 min | 1.2% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 302 | 80.5% | 6.1 min | 2.3% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 276 | 77.5% | 7.9 min | 1.8% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 232 | 79.3% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 213 | 67.1% | 19.9 min | 1.4% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 197 | 83.8% | -2.9 min | 0.5% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 193 | 81.3% | -1.1 min | 1.0% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 178 | 82.6% | 3.7 min | 1.1% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 178 | 73.0% | 7.9 min | 1.7% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 171 | 80.1% | 2.4 min | 1.8% |
| MCI–MSP | Kansas City to Minneapolis | 151 | 92.7% | -3.2 min | 0.7% |
| MCI–LAX | Kansas City to Los Angeles | 147 | 68.0% | 14.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in August 2023?
79.2% of 4,489 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MCI · methodology · corrections.