Flights Kansas City → San Diego
MCI → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to San Diego is operated by a Boeing 737-300 and has an on-time performance rate of 73%, with average delays of 11.7 minutes. The route sees approximately ninety-four flights annually, connecting two historically significant airports: the destination airport in San Diego, which opened in 1928, and the origin airport in Kansas City that was established in 1956.
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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 143 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego 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 San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 2,142 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 6m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of MCI-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 143 tracked MCI-SAN flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.7% 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-SAN
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 143 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-San Diego is 0.70% across 143 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.
