Flights Kansas City → Charlotte
MCI → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Charlotte operates with an Airbus A319 and has a high on-time performance rate of 80%, although flights experience an average delay of 14.6 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 278 total flights on this route, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which sees nearly 47.75 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) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 376 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte 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 Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 1,299 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of MCI-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 376 tracked MCI-CLT flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-CLT
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 376 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Charlotte is 1.33% across 376 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
