Kansas City International in January 2026

81.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,508 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 3,481 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 78.1% of the time (3,509 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MCI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	81.4%	76.8%	77.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	81.3%	78.2%	78.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.4%	8.4%	1.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	14.9 min	15.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	117	116	135	18,133
Scheduled departures	3,508	3,481	49,298	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,711	49%	84.5%	-3.7 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	522	15%	86.2%	-5.2 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	405	12%	73.3%	23.7 min	10.1%
UA United Airlines	207	6%	80.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	167	5%	64.1%	27.7 min	5.4%
OH PSA Airlines	122	3%	73.0%	13.2 min	12.3%
YX Republic Airline	101	3%	82.2%	0.3 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	83	2%	77.1%	-3.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	75	2%	74.7%	4.8 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	2%	86.7%	-7.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	37	1%	70.3%	16.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	1%	83.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	302	84.8%	1.1 min	0.7%
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	278	70.1%	21.9 min	2.2%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	232	84.9%	-6.4 min	2.6%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	222	77.9%	16.2 min	2.3%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	173	72.3%	19.9 min	11.0%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	166	86.7%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	162	78.4%	1.6 min	8.6%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	159	84.9%	-5.6 min	5.0%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	152	86.2%	-4.3 min	0.0%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	146	76.7%	-0.1 min	0.7%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	140	83.6%	0.7 min	6.4%
MCI–BNA	Kansas City to Nashville	102	84.3%	-4.0 min	6.9%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	37.3%	15,702
Late-arriving aircraft	40.8%	35.0%	17,544
National Aviation System	16.7%	18.0%	7,170
Extreme weather	6.0%	9.6%	2,599
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

43,015 delay minutes on 533 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 2026?

81.4% of 3,508 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 76.8% of 3,481 departures left on time and 8.4% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 3.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.