Flights Albuquerque → Kansas City
ABQ → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Kansas City has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11.1 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 36 total flights connecting these two cities, which have airports established in 1941 and 1956 respectively, serving millions of passengers annually at the destination airport alone.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Albuquerque (ABQ) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 64 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-east for about 1,154 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 73% of ABQ-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 64 tracked ABQ-MCI flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about ABQ-MCI
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 64 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Kansas City is 1.56% across 64 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kansas City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
