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Airport month · September 2023
Kansas City International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,104 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 79.4% of the time (4,104 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 82.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.7% | — | 77.8% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 82.2% | — | 78.7% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | — | 15.7 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 137 | — | 135 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,104 | — | 49,298 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,016 | 49% | 81.2% | 4.3 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 643 | 16% | 88.3% | 0.9 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 411 | 10% | 85.4% | 10.0 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 301 | 7% | 84.1% | 3.6 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 174 | 4% | 78.7% | 10.0 min | 5.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 132 | 3% | 79.5% | 20.1 min | 3.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 104 | 3% | 76.0% | 3.8 min | 1.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 85 | 2% | 72.9% | -4.8 min | 12.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 85 | 2% | 81.2% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 47 | 1% | 72.3% | 7.9 min | 2.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 43 | 1% | 86.0% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 35 | 1% | 60.0% | 72.0 min | 8.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 348 | 84.2% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 288 | 91.0% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 257 | 78.6% | 11.5 min | 1.2% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 192 | 89.1% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 191 | 71.7% | 5.9 min | 7.9% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 189 | 86.2% | 6.3 min | 0.5% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 179 | 64.8% | 13.8 min | 0.6% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 168 | 83.3% | 5.1 min | 0.6% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 164 | 81.7% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 159 | 79.9% | 14.7 min | 1.3% |
| MCI–LAX | Kansas City to Los Angeles | 151 | 76.8% | 3.9 min | 0.7% |
| MCI–MSP | Kansas City to Minneapolis | 147 | 87.1% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in September 2023?
81.7% of 4,104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.