On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2024

Kansas City International in July 2024

73.4%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,593 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 66.7% of the time (4,592 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierMCI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time73.4%—77.8%68.5%
Arrived on time73.0%—78.7%68.1%
Cancelled2.6%—1.5%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.1 min—15.7 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day153—13521,154
Scheduled departures4,593—49,298634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,20048%75.0%9.4 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines63414%72.6%15.9 min6.9%
AA American Airlines54612%68.5%29.6 min1.5%
UA United Airlines3297%79.3%8.2 min4.6%
NK Spirit Airlines2095%58.9%31.9 min7.2%
9E Endeavor Air1894%67.7%20.7 min8.5%
YX Republic Airline1443%76.4%9.8 min2.8%
MQ Envoy Air1183%66.1%12.9 min2.5%
AS Alaska Airlines922%79.3%0.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines732%76.7%3.2 min8.2%
G4 Allegiant Air301%66.7%11.4 min3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines291%65.5%22.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MCI–DENKansas City to Denver37176.3%12.0 min1.1%
MCI–ATLKansas City to Atlanta31468.2%22.8 min5.4%
MCI–ORDKansas City to Chicago30172.8%12.3 min3.0%
MCI–DFWKansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth22066.4%23.9 min0.9%
MCI–MDWKansas City to Chicago20382.3%4.0 min0.5%
MCI–PHXKansas City to Phoenix20179.1%7.0 min0.5%
MCI–LASKansas City to Las Vegas17969.3%13.5 min2.2%
MCI–DALKansas City to Dallas17481.6%3.7 min0.0%
MCI–LGAKansas City to New York17473.6%12.1 min7.5%
MCI–DCAKansas City to Washington14278.9%7.2 min1.4%
MCI–MCOKansas City to Orlando13972.7%17.1 min1.4%
MCI–MSPKansas City to Minneapolis13667.6%16.9 min5.9%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.9%36.6%25,355
Late-arriving aircraft49.7%42.7%42,106
National Aviation System17.4%16.0%14,732
Extreme weather3.1%4.6%2,599
Security0.0%0.1%0
84,792 delay minutes on 1,105 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 July 2024?

73.4% of 4,593 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.