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Airport month · January 2024
Kansas City International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,780 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 72.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.7% reached their destination on time; 4.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 71.1% of the time (3,781 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 67.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
- Cancelled 4.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.6% | — | 77.8% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 67.7% | — | 78.7% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 4.9% | — | 1.5% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.9 min | — | 15.7 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 126 | — | 135 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,780 | — | 49,298 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,888 | 50% | 69.3% | 9.3 min | 6.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 454 | 12% | 77.5% | 7.0 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 425 | 11% | 60.9% | 34.6 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 267 | 7% | 71.5% | 12.9 min | 6.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 132 | 3% | 59.8% | 16.5 min | 3.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 123 | 3% | 61.8% | 13.0 min | 4.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 107 | 3% | 57.0% | 28.9 min | 4.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 100 | 3% | 68.0% | 14.2 min | 2.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 94 | 2% | 72.3% | 18.8 min | 4.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 80 | 2% | 47.5% | 53.5 min | 13.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 38 | 1% | 57.9% | 14.8 min | 15.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 32 | 1% | 62.5% | 12.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 358 | 73.7% | 5.5 min | 5.0% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 248 | 75.8% | 13.8 min | 2.4% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 235 | 59.6% | 29.9 min | 6.4% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 222 | 73.9% | 13.9 min | 3.6% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 192 | 56.3% | 45.8 min | 1.0% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 174 | 63.8% | 12.7 min | 9.2% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 168 | 54.2% | 34.4 min | 11.9% |
| MCI–MCO | Kansas City to Orlando | 158 | 67.7% | 18.9 min | 2.5% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 157 | 65.0% | 7.6 min | 9.6% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 154 | 74.0% | -0.5 min | 3.9% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 151 | 69.5% | 6.1 min | 11.9% |
| MCI–MSP | Kansas City to Minneapolis | 150 | 72.7% | 9.4 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in January 2024?
72.6% of 3,780 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.