Flights Baltimore → Kansas City
BWI → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Kansas City operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 5.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 178 flights, connecting two well-established airports: one in Baltimore that opened in 1947 and another in Kansas City that was inaugurated in 1956, which currently handles nearly nine million passengers annually.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 225 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), 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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 1,552 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 22m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of BWI-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 225 tracked BWI-MCI flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.7% 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 BWI-MCI
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 225 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Kansas City is 2.67% across 225 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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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.
