Kansas City International in February 2025

81.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,365 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,490 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 79.5% of the time (3,367 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.5%	87.7%	77.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	79.4%	86.3%	78.7%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	9.7 min	15.7 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	112	116	135	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,365	3,490	49,298	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,694	50%	80.0%	1.5 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	548	16%	85.9%	-4.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	375	11%	74.1%	16.8 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	231	7%	78.8%	6.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	4%	75.4%	2.1 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	107	3%	80.4%	-0.7 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	76	2%	77.6%	0.6 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	69	2%	78.3%	8.4 min	1.4%
OH PSA Airlines	68	2%	61.8%	41.7 min	7.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	35	1%	68.6%	17.3 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	69.2%	81.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	0%	63.6%	6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	277	75.1%	5.8 min	0.0%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	246	78.9%	7.3 min	0.8%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	233	89.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	198	86.9%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	194	73.7%	6.3 min	1.5%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	154	83.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	148	84.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	145	83.4%	-0.1 min	0.7%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	130	79.2%	3.8 min	1.5%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	128	57.0%	32.9 min	4.7%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	125	84.0%	-2.5 min	0.8%
MCI–DTW	Kansas City to Detroit	98	85.7%	-9.1 min	1.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.6%	33.9%	13,470
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	36.9%	18,063
National Aviation System	26.1%	22.5%	12,268
Extreme weather	6.8%	6.6%	3,214
Security	0.1%	0.1%	70

47,085 delay minutes on 665 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 February 2025?

81.5% of 3,365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.7% of 3,490 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

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