Kansas City International in November 2025

80.1%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,956 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 4,046 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 77.9% of the time (3,956 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 27%.

On time 79.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	80.1%	87.4%	77.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.5%	87.4%	78.7%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.4%	1.5%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	8.8 min	15.7 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	132	135	135	19,018
Scheduled departures	3,956	4,046	49,298	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,859	47%	80.6%	3.7 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	698	18%	81.8%	4.7 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	466	12%	74.9%	11.4 min	2.8%
UA United Airlines	286	7%	79.4%	12.1 min	2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	156	4%	74.4%	15.9 min	4.5%
OH PSA Airlines	92	2%	73.9%	8.8 min	5.4%
MQ Envoy Air	90	2%	70.0%	12.9 min	5.6%
YX Republic Airline	87	2%	74.7%	0.9 min	8.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	79	2%	83.5%	3.7 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	67	2%	86.6%	-2.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	58	1%	87.9%	0.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	0%	72.2%	7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	352	84.1%	4.9 min	0.6%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	348	71.6%	16.6 min	5.5%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	273	87.9%	-4.4 min	1.8%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	222	73.0%	9.2 min	0.5%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	217	67.7%	21.4 min	4.1%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	171	82.5%	0.1 min	1.8%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	169	83.4%	1.6 min	0.0%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	165	75.2%	4.1 min	3.6%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	157	81.5%	1.4 min	3.2%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	140	66.4%	21.3 min	2.9%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	126	92.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
MCI–BNA	Kansas City to Nashville	113	81.4%	4.3 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.3%	30.2%	14,379
Late-arriving aircraft	42.5%	38.3%	22,410
National Aviation System	28.3%	26.7%	14,911
Extreme weather	1.8%	4.6%	926
Security	0.1%	0.1%	55

52,681 delay minutes on 731 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 2025?

80.1% of 3,956 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.4% of 4,046 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.8% in November 2025.

Provenance

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