Flights Kansas City → Chicago
MCI → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Chicago has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 10.4 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 483 total flights, connecting two major cities with significant air traffic: Kansas City and Chicago, where the latter's airport serves nearly 19.9 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) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 634 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago 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 Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW) heads north-east for about 650 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of MCI-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 634 tracked MCI-MDW flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 4.3% 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-MDW
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 634 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Chicago is 4.26% across 634 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.
