Kansas City International in February 2026

80.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,503 domestic departures from Kansas City International (MCI). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MCI departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 3,365 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MCI that month were on time 80.1% of the time (3,506 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 83.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MCI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	81.5%	77.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	83.5%	79.4%	78.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.7%	1.5%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	14.1 min	15.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	117	112	135	17,168
Scheduled departures	3,503	3,365	49,298	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,687	48%	83.2%	-1.3 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	525	15%	85.9%	-6.3 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	346	10%	86.7%	0.7 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	214	6%	69.2%	19.2 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	212	6%	88.7%	0.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	140	4%	90.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	106	3%	90.6%	-11.2 min	4.7%
OH PSA Airlines	95	3%	64.2%	8.7 min	9.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	70	2%	82.9%	-6.2 min	4.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	48	1%	97.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	44	1%	79.5%	22.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	16	0%	68.8%	20.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCI–ORD	Kansas City to Chicago	334	80.8%	8.9 min	0.6%
MCI–DEN	Kansas City to Denver	295	82.4%	5.3 min	0.7%
MCI–ATL	Kansas City to Atlanta	222	89.2%	-6.3 min	0.9%
MCI–PHX	Kansas City to Phoenix	202	77.2%	0.5 min	0.0%
MCI–DFW	Kansas City to Dallas/Fort Worth	166	86.7%	3.0 min	0.6%
MCI–LAS	Kansas City to Las Vegas	158	86.1%	-3.0 min	0.6%
MCI–DAL	Kansas City to Dallas	155	88.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MCI–DCA	Kansas City to Washington	148	69.6%	4.8 min	4.7%
MCI–MCO	Kansas City to Orlando	139	73.4%	5.0 min	0.7%
MCI–MDW	Kansas City to Chicago	137	88.3%	-5.6 min	0.7%
MCI–LGA	Kansas City to New York	128	76.6%	5.9 min	10.2%
MCI–DTW	Kansas City to Detroit	105	86.7%	-8.5 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.7%	38.2%	14,953
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	37.2%	13,784
National Aviation System	15.9%	18.5%	5,691
Extreme weather	4.0%	6.0%	1,422
Security	0.1%	0.2%	27

35,877 delay minutes on 521 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 2026?

80.8% of 3,503 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.5% of 3,365 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 1.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

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