Flights Kansas City → Dallas-Fort Worth
MCI → DFW
How long is the flight from Kansas City to Dallas-Fort Worth?
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 19m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with an aircraft fleet consisting of McDonnell Douglas MD-83s and has a total of 580 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 82%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 16 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States which handles over 87 million passengers per year.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Kansas City (MCI) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1521 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south for about 742 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of MCI-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,521 tracked MCI-DFW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-DFW
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 19m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1521 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Dallas-Fort Worth is 2.04% across 1521 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.
