Flights Charlotte → Kansas City
CLT → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Kansas City operates with an average on-time performance of 73%, experiencing a mean delay of 17.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 278 flights on this route using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving the busy Kansas City International Airport, which opened in 1956 and currently handles nearly 9.8 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 376 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.06%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.3/100 (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 Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-west for about 1,299 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 34% of CLT-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 376 tracked CLT-MCI flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-MCI
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 376 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Kansas City is 1.06% across 376 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
