Airports › Kansas City (MCI) › December 2023
Airport month · December 2023
Kansas City International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,074 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 84.3% of the time (4,073 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | — | 77.8% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | — | 78.7% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.6 min | — | 15.7 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 136 | — | 135 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,074 | — | 49,298 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,151 | 53% | 83.5% | 0.1 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 526 | 13% | 91.8% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 399 | 10% | 79.2% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 279 | 7% | 90.3% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 136 | 3% | 83.8% | -3.2 min | 1.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 129 | 3% | 88.4% | -6.3 min | 0.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 116 | 3% | 81.9% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 85 | 2% | 77.6% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 82 | 2% | 72.0% | 0.6 min | 1.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 56 | 1% | 91.1% | -10.5 min | 1.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 50 | 1% | 84.0% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 71.0% | 26.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 371 | 86.8% | -2.3 min | 0.5% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 275 | 89.1% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 235 | 88.5% | -3.4 min | 0.4% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 202 | 90.6% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 200 | 86.5% | 3.4 min | 4.0% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 180 | 86.7% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 177 | 77.4% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 176 | 86.9% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 164 | 75.0% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–MSP | Kansas City to Minneapolis | 161 | 88.8% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–MCO | Kansas City to Orlando | 159 | 79.2% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 156 | 80.1% | 0.0 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in December 2023?
86.8% of 4,074 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.