Flights Kansas City → Indianapolis
MCI → IND
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Indianapolis operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay of 11.6 minutes per flight. Over the past period, there have been 80 flights on this route, connecting passengers from the historically significant Kansas City airport, which opened in 1956, to Indianapolis, a city that sees over 8.6 million passengers annually at its main airport.
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) → Indianapolis (IND) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 112 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Indianapolis (IND) heads east for about 724 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 91% of MCI-IND flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Indianapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 112 tracked MCI-IND flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.0% 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-IND
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Indianapolis (IND) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 112 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Indianapolis is 0.00% across 112 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.
