Flights Kansas City → Oakland
MCI → OAK
Route overview
The flight route connects Kansas City, whose airport opened in 1956, with Oakland, where the airport has been operational since 1927. Oakland's airport is a busy hub, serving over eleven 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) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 25 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Oakland (OAK) heads west for about 2,391 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 25m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of MCI-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 25 tracked MCI-OAK flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 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-OAK
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 25 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Oakland is 0.00% across 25 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.
