Flights Kansas City → Dallas
MCI → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Dallas operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of 9.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 519 total flights, connecting passengers from the historically significant Kansas City airport, which opened in 1956, to one of the busiest airports in the United States, serving over 17.5 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) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 676 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 2.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas 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 Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas (DAL) heads south for about 743 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of MCI-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 676 tracked MCI-DAL flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 10 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-DAL
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 676 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Dallas is 2.51% across 676 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.
