Kansas City International in August 2024

81.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,371 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 4,489 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 76.1% of the time (4,374 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 23%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	79.2%	77.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.1%	79.3%	78.7%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.0%	1.5%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	14.1 min	15.7 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	146	150	135	20,634
Scheduled departures	4,371	4,489	49,298	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,046	47%	83.2%	2.9 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	665	15%	89.5%	-3.4 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	498	11%	74.5%	13.9 min	1.8%
UA United Airlines	350	8%	83.1%	4.8 min	2.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	215	5%	64.7%	16.0 min	4.2%
MQ Envoy Air	170	4%	87.6%	-4.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	140	3%	60.7%	14.1 min	10.7%
YX Republic Airline	131	3%	69.5%	16.0 min	9.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	87	2%	82.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	1%	67.7%	16.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	24	1%	83.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	14	0%	71.4%	6.1 min	7.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	364	79.9%	7.1 min	0.5%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	283	76.7%	9.7 min	0.4%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	279	93.5%	-4.7 min	0.4%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	237	81.4%	7.1 min	0.4%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	198	86.4%	0.9 min	0.0%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	194	87.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	191	79.1%	6.6 min	0.5%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	172	72.1%	5.8 min	7.6%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	164	90.2%	-1.5 min	0.6%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	140	82.1%	0.4 min	2.1%
MCI–MSP	Kansas City to Minneapolis	129	79.8%	0.0 min	1.6%
MCI–DTW	Kansas City to Detroit	128	91.4%	-7.1 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.6%	33.8%	11,356
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	39.8%	23,873
National Aviation System	26.4%	20.4%	13,225
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.9%	1,712
Security	0.0%	0.1%	15

50,181 delay minutes on 745 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MCI on time in August 2024?

81.9% of 4,371 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 79.2% of 4,489 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 1.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.