Flights Detroit → Kansas City
DTW → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Kansas City operates with an average on-time performance of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.9 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 342 total flights on this route using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-88, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320, serving 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 Detroit (DTW) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 432 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 1,009 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of DTW-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 432 tracked DTW-MCI flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-MCI
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 432 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Kansas City is 2.31% across 432 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
