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Airport month · May 2024
Kansas City International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,346 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 71.9% of the time (4,346 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 75.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | — | 77.8% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 75.2% | — | 78.7% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | — | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.5 min | — | 15.7 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 145 | — | 135 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,346 | — | 49,298 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,062 | 47% | 73.3% | 11.0 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 553 | 13% | 87.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 474 | 11% | 62.0% | 33.6 min | 5.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 335 | 8% | 76.1% | 14.8 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 177 | 4% | 79.1% | 6.4 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 149 | 3% | 79.2% | 3.5 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 135 | 3% | 80.7% | 6.1 min | 0.7% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 128 | 3% | 83.6% | 1.5 min | 3.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 113 | 3% | 75.2% | 34.8 min | 3.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 78 | 2% | 78.2% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 60 | 1% | 76.7% | 2.7 min | 1.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 67.7% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 362 | 76.5% | 9.7 min | 0.6% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 297 | 73.7% | 19.1 min | 1.0% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 286 | 80.4% | 6.8 min | 0.3% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 238 | 71.4% | 16.9 min | 1.3% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 231 | 57.6% | 37.8 min | 7.8% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 186 | 71.0% | 13.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 180 | 68.3% | 18.8 min | 2.8% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 171 | 76.0% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 169 | 73.4% | 12.7 min | 0.6% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 169 | 84.0% | -0.7 min | 3.0% |
| MCI–MSP | Kansas City to Minneapolis | 159 | 89.9% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–MCO | Kansas City to Orlando | 156 | 78.2% | 5.7 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in May 2024?
76.4% of 4,346 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.