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Airport month · October 2025
Kansas City International in October 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,214 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 4,419 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 78.9% of the time (4,215 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 89.3% | 77.8% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | 89.6% | 78.7% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.1 min | 7.6 min | 15.7 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 141 | 147 | 135 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,214 | 4,419 | 49,298 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,002 | 48% | 77.3% | 7.2 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 768 | 18% | 86.2% | 1.8 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 480 | 11% | 84.4% | 9.6 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 285 | 7% | 72.6% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 180 | 4% | 78.9% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 169 | 4% | 78.7% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 100 | 2% | 89.0% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 88 | 2% | 75.0% | 13.2 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 68 | 2% | 91.2% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 51 | 1% | 76.5% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 0% | 55.6% | 11.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 5 | 0% | 100.0% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI–DEN | Kansas City to Denver | 393 | 73.3% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–ORD | Kansas City to Chicago | 349 | 75.1% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–ATL | Kansas City to Atlanta | 307 | 90.6% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–DFW | Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 229 | 84.3% | 4.4 min | 0.9% |
| MCI–MDW | Kansas City to Chicago | 198 | 77.8% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–PHX | Kansas City to Phoenix | 198 | 78.8% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–LAS | Kansas City to Las Vegas | 183 | 81.4% | 7.2 min | 0.5% |
| MCI–DAL | Kansas City to Dallas | 180 | 83.9% | 4.5 min | 0.6% |
| MCI–DCA | Kansas City to Washington | 164 | 79.3% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–LGA | Kansas City to New York | 147 | 73.5% | 10.3 min | 2.7% |
| MCI–BNA | Kansas City to Nashville | 121 | 79.3% | 9.7 min | 0.0% |
| MCI–MCO | Kansas City to Orlando | 119 | 81.5% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCI on time in October 2025?
82.0% of 4,214 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.3% of 4,419 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.3% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.