Flights Kansas City → Houston
MCI → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Houston operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and boasts a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with the average delay being only 4.9 minutes. The route sees approximately 406 flights annually, connecting two major cities via airports that serve millions of passengers each 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.
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The Kansas City (MCI) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 522 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.92%. 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 Houston 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 Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Houston (IAH) heads south for about 1,038 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 43m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of MCI-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 522 tracked MCI-IAH flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-IAH
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 522 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Houston is 1.92% across 522 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
