Flights Kansas City → Tampa
MCI → TPA
How long is the flight from Kansas City to Tampa?
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Tampa (TPA) takes about 2h 32m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Kansas City to Tampa has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 10.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 189 flights originating from Kansas City International Airport, which opened in 1956, connecting to a highly trafficked destination airport that serves approximately 21,528,249 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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 423 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa 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 Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kansas City (MCI) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-east for about 1,687 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 32m.
Departures from Kansas City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of MCI-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 423 tracked MCI-TPA flights, 77% 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) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCI-TPA
The flight from Kansas City (MCI) to Tampa (TPA) takes about 2h 32m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Kansas City (MCI) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 423 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kansas City-Tampa is 0.71% across 423 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.
