Kansas City International in January 2025

76.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,481 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 8.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,780 departures with 72.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 76.1% of the time (3,483 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 8.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MCI in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	76.8%	72.6%	77.8%	79.3%
Arrived on time	78.2%	67.7%	78.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	8.4%	4.9%	1.5%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	18.9 min	15.7 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	126	135	17,992
Scheduled departures	3,481	3,780	49,298	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,720	49%	78.6%	1.5 min	8.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	554	16%	79.8%	6.8 min	6.1%
AA American Airlines	416	12%	75.5%	3.3 min	9.9%
UA United Airlines	250	7%	77.6%	2.7 min	5.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	130	4%	74.6%	-6.9 min	14.6%
YX Republic Airline	128	4%	84.4%	-17.3 min	14.1%
MQ Envoy Air	85	2%	77.6%	-2.9 min	9.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	83	2%	77.1%	3.3 min	8.4%
OH PSA Airlines	54	2%	74.1%	15.3 min	9.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	36	1%	83.3%	-15.5 min	11.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	76.9%	-5.0 min	7.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	0%	41.7%	13.4 min	8.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	296	76.0%	1.4 min	6.8%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	262	79.4%	0.6 min	7.6%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	241	78.0%	11.6 min	7.9%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	207	82.6%	-6.9 min	6.8%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	199	72.4%	9.8 min	11.6%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	163	74.8%	6.4 min	10.4%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	153	78.4%	3.4 min	8.5%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	152	78.3%	-5.4 min	7.2%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	140	73.6%	16.5 min	6.4%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	139	77.7%	0.9 min	10.1%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	132	88.6%	-8.3 min	6.8%
MCI–CLT	Kansas City to Charlotte	110	78.2%	-4.8 min	10.9%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.9%	36.2%	16,756
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	34.7%	14,437
National Aviation System	16.5%	19.9%	6,910
Extreme weather	9.2%	9.1%	3,859
Security	0.1%	0.2%	27

41,989 delay minutes on 461 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 January 2025?

76.8% of 3,481 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 72.6% of 3,780 departures left on time and 4.9% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 8.4% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.