Flights Chicago → Kansas City
ORD → MCI
Route overview
This flight route connects Chicago to Kansas City, featuring a mix of aircraft types including Embraer and Boeing models. With an on-time performance rate of 73%, the average delay is approximately 18.8 minutes per flight, based on a total of 1116 flights recorded. The destination airport, which opened in 1956, serves 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 Chicago (ORD) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1371 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.16%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.2/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Kansas City (MCI) heads south-west for about 647 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of ORD-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,371 tracked ORD-MCI flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 4.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-MCI
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 1371 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Kansas City is 4.16% across 1371 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United 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.
