Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Kansas City
DFW → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Kansas City operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 74%. Over the past year, there have been 581 flights along this route, each experiencing an average delay of 15.8 minutes. The destination airport in Kansas City, which opened in 1956, serves approximately 9,819,092 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 772 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north for about 742 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of DFW-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 772 tracked DFW-MCI flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.7% 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 DFW-MCI
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 772 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Kansas City is 0.65% across 772 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.
