Flights Kansas City → Boston
MCI → BOS
Route overview
This flight route operates from Kansas City to Boston with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft, featuring an on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the past year, it has recorded an average delay of 12.7 minutes per flight out of a total of 131 flights.
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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 162 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston 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 Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 2,016 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 56m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of MCI-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 162 tracked MCI-BOS flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.5% 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 MCI-BOS
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 162 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Boston is 2.47% across 162 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.
