Kansas City International in November 2024

87.4%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,046 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 3,993 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 86.8% of the time (4,047 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 87.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.4%	87.4%	77.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.4%	86.8%	78.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.1%	1.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	8.2 min	15.7 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	135	133	135	19,180
Scheduled departures	4,046	3,993	49,298	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,865	46%	88.0%	-2.0 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	656	16%	89.8%	-4.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	477	12%	86.8%	-1.1 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	258	6%	86.8%	2.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	193	5%	83.4%	-1.6 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	161	4%	88.8%	-6.6 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	160	4%	79.4%	11.6 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	79	2%	81.0%	6.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	75	2%	86.7%	0.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	50	1%	94.0%	-10.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	1%	62.1%	6.6 min	3.4%
9E Endeavor Air	25	1%	96.0%	-16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	348	83.3%	0.4 min	1.1%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	302	90.7%	-0.9 min	0.3%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	252	91.3%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	217	89.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	212	82.1%	1.0 min	2.4%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	180	85.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	171	83.0%	2.0 min	0.6%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	169	90.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	160	84.4%	-1.4 min	0.0%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	147	95.9%	-11.3 min	0.0%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	139	89.2%	-8.5 min	0.0%
MCI–CLT	Kansas City to Charlotte	127	87.4%	-2.6 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.3%	36.9%	11,490
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	35.6%	11,359
National Aviation System	24.5%	21.9%	7,766
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.4%	1,067
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

31,682 delay minutes on 491 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 November 2024?

87.4% of 4,046 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.4% of 3,993 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.4% and 0.4% in November 2024.

Provenance

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