On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

Kansas City International in February 2024

87.7%departed on time

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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,490 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 85.4% of the time (3,489 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from MCI in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierMCI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time87.7%—77.8%84.0%
Arrived on time86.3%—78.7%83.4%
Cancelled0.3%—1.5%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.7 min—15.7 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day116—13517,307
Scheduled departures3,490—49,298519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,69649%86.6%-2.2 min0.2%
AA American Airlines44413%81.8%11.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines43112%92.6%-3.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines2658%86.8%-3.0 min0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines1093%85.3%2.5 min0.9%
9E Endeavor Air1053%83.8%0.5 min1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1023%86.3%4.0 min2.0%
YX Republic Airline762%92.1%-12.5 min1.3%
MQ Envoy Air752%88.0%-3.0 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines642%76.6%20.0 min1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines441%75.0%8.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines371%91.9%-8.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MCI–DENKansas City to Denver33382.6%1.2 min0.6%
MCI–ATLKansas City to Atlanta23594.0%-7.3 min0.0%
MCI–PHXKansas City to Phoenix21882.1%0.4 min0.0%
MCI–ORDKansas City to Chicago21188.2%5.9 min0.0%
MCI–DFWKansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth19483.0%2.8 min0.0%
MCI–LGAKansas City to New York17588.0%-4.6 min2.3%
MCI–LASKansas City to Las Vegas16382.8%3.3 min1.2%
MCI–MCOKansas City to Orlando14986.6%-0.4 min0.0%
MCI–DCAKansas City to Washington14782.3%6.8 min0.7%
MCI–DALKansas City to Dallas14190.8%-4.4 min0.0%
MCI–MSPKansas City to Minneapolis13294.7%-7.5 min0.0%
MCI–MDWKansas City to Chicago12491.1%-5.9 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier48.1%35.9%15,455
Late-arriving aircraft29.7%36.9%9,549
National Aviation System20.3%21.7%6,534
Extreme weather1.9%5.3%611
Security0.0%0.3%3
32,152 delay minutes on 464 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MCI on time in February 2024?

87.7% of 3,490 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.