Flights Kansas City → Los Angeles
MCI → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Kansas City with Los Angeles, operating a total of 309 flights annually. The flights are primarily conducted using Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 6.8 minutes when not on schedule.
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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 393 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 2,190 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 9m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of MCI-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 393 tracked MCI-LAX flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-LAX
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 393 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Los Angeles is 0.76% across 393 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
