Flights Kansas City → New York
MCI → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to New York operates with a high on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of just 13.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 469 flights on this route using aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer 170 series planes, serving a highly trafficked destination airport that sees nearly 29 million passengers annually.
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) → New York (LGA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 643 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York 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 New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to New York (LGA) heads east for about 1,778 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 39m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of MCI-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 643 tracked MCI-LGA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 8.2% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-LGA
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 643 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-New York is 8.24% across 643 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
