Kansas City International in October 2024

89.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,419 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 4,323 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 87.1% of the time (4,419 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 89.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	82.8%	77.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.6%	84.6%	78.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	10.5 min	15.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	147	144	135	20,517
Scheduled departures	4,419	4,323	49,298	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,081	47%	89.3%	-1.6 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	743	17%	93.4%	-8.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	552	12%	87.3%	2.8 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	381	9%	93.4%	-6.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	186	4%	85.5%	-2.4 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	118	3%	82.2%	1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	92	2%	92.4%	-7.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	65	1%	95.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	57	1%	91.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	1%	96.4%	-12.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	38	1%	92.1%	-6.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	1%	51.6%	23.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	369	87.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	323	90.4%	-0.5 min	0.0%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	288	94.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	236	88.6%	-2.8 min	0.0%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	210	92.4%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	199	94.5%	-4.4 min	0.5%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	185	90.8%	-2.7 min	0.0%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	179	91.1%	0.4 min	0.0%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	150	86.0%	-6.2 min	7.3%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	143	91.6%	-6.5 min	0.0%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	142	84.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
MCI–CLT	Kansas City to Charlotte	139	85.6%	-0.2 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.1%	42.7%	10,680
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	37.4%	12,243
National Aviation System	15.7%	16.3%	4,405
Extreme weather	2.5%	3.4%	710
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

28,038 delay minutes on 422 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 October 2024?

89.3% of 4,419 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 82.8% of 4,323 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.7% in October 2024.

Provenance

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