On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2024

Kansas City International in April 2024

82.1%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,106 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 78.0% of the time (4,107 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierMCI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time82.1%—77.8%80.5%
Arrived on time82.5%—78.7%80.2%
Cancelled0.5%—1.5%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.9 min—15.7 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day137—13519,406
Scheduled departures4,106—49,298582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,05650%79.7%5.2 min0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines52013%92.3%-5.6 min0.0%
AA American Airlines45911%79.7%15.5 min0.9%
UA United Airlines2797%85.3%0.8 min0.4%
YX Republic Airline1484%86.5%-2.5 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1444%88.2%-4.2 min1.4%
NK Spirit Airlines1103%88.2%-10.3 min0.9%
MQ Envoy Air1043%86.5%-5.1 min1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines932%78.5%7.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines601%81.7%2.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines491%75.5%15.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways301%80.0%-0.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MCI–DENKansas City to Denver34776.9%4.9 min0.3%
MCI–ATLKansas City to Atlanta27094.1%-8.1 min0.4%
MCI–ORDKansas City to Chicago25186.9%3.0 min0.4%
MCI–PHXKansas City to Phoenix24281.4%15.2 min0.0%
MCI–DFWKansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth20474.0%16.0 min2.5%
MCI–MDWKansas City to Chicago18377.0%5.9 min0.0%
MCI–DALKansas City to Dallas17677.3%7.8 min0.6%
MCI–LGAKansas City to New York17090.6%-9.4 min1.8%
MCI–LASKansas City to Las Vegas16982.8%2.5 min1.2%
MCI–DCAKansas City to Washington16080.0%7.8 min1.3%
MCI–MSPKansas City to Minneapolis15787.9%-6.2 min0.6%
MCI–MCOKansas City to Orlando13083.8%3.4 min0.8%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.4%33.6%11,854
Late-arriving aircraft48.8%41.0%22,771
National Aviation System14.1%20.0%6,594
Extreme weather11.2%5.1%5,222
Security0.6%0.2%265
46,706 delay minutes on 690 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 April 2024?

82.1% of 4,106 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.