Flights Fort Lauderdale → Kansas City
FLL → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Kansas City has a punctuality rate of 75%, with an average delay of 8.9 minutes per flight. With over 164 total flights, this route connects two cities via an airport that opened in 1956 and currently 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-west for about 2,000 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 55m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of FLL-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 201 tracked FLL-MCI flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 3.5% 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 FLL-MCI
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Kansas City is 3.48% across 201 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.
