Flights Kansas City → Milwaukee
MCI → MKE
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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) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 111 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads north-east for about 700 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 84% of MCI-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 111 tracked MCI-MKE flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.8% 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-MKE
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 111 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Milwaukee is 1.80% across 111 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.
