Flights Kansas City → Salt Lake City
MCI → SLC
How long is the flight from Kansas City to Salt Lake City?
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 2h 10m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Salt Lake City operates with high punctuality, boasting a 90% on-time performance rate and an average delay of just 0.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 238 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, connecting one of the oldest commercial airports in Kansas City, which opened in 1956, to a highly trafficked destination with over 25 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 615 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 1,477 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 10m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of MCI-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 615 tracked MCI-SLC flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-SLC
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 2h 10m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 615 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Salt Lake City is 1.46% across 615 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.
