Flights Kansas City → Newark
MCI → EWR
Route overview
This flight route operates from Kansas City to Newark, using Embraer 170 aircraft. With a high on-time performance rate of 88%, the average delay is only 3.1 minutes across the total of 49 flights recorded. The origin airport in Kansas City has been operational since 1956, while the destination airport in Newark, which opened in 2001, serves over 43 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 49 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark 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 Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Newark (EWR) heads east for about 1,753 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 37m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of MCI-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 49 tracked MCI-EWR flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 2.0% 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-EWR
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 49 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Newark is 2.04% across 49 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.
