Flights Indianapolis → Kansas City
IND → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Kansas City operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 5.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 80 flights on this route, serving the busy Kansas City International Airport, which opened in 1956 and handles nearly nine 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 Indianapolis (IND) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 112 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.9/100 (low), 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 Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 724 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 79% of IND-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 112 tracked IND-MCI flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.9% 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 IND-MCI
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 112 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Kansas City is 0.89% across 112 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.
