Flights Kansas City → Albuquerque
MCI → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Albuquerque is operated by a Boeing 737-300 and has a punctuality rate of 78%, with an average delay of 8.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 36 flights, connecting two historically significant airports: Kansas City International Airport, which opened in 1956, and Albuquerque International Sunport, established in 1941 and currently serving over 4.3 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 Kansas City (MCI) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 64 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.6/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads west for about 1,154 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 98% of MCI-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 64 tracked MCI-ABQ flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.0% 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 MCI-ABQ
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 64 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Albuquerque is 0.00% across 64 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.
