Flights Boston → Kansas City
BOS → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Kansas City boasts a high on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 1.2 minutes across the total of 131 flights recorded. The destination airport, which opened in 1956, serves over nine million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major transportation hub.
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 Boston (BOS) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 162 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.7/100 (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 Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 2,016 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 56m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of BOS-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 162 tracked BOS-MCI flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 1.9% 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 BOS-MCI
On the Boston (BOS) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 162 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Kansas City is 1.85% across 162 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.
