Flights Las Vegas → Kansas City
LAS → MCI
How long is the flight from Las Vegas to Kansas City?
The flight from Las Vegas (LAS) to Kansas City (MCI) takes 2h 23m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to Kansas City operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 70%, with flights typically experiencing delays averaging around 12.9 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1956, serves approximately 9,819,092 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 Las Vegas (LAS) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1206 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to Kansas City (MCI) heads east for about 1,829 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 23m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of LAS-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,206 tracked LAS-MCI flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.3% 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 LAS-MCI
The flight from Las Vegas (LAS) to Kansas City (MCI) takes 2h 23m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1206 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-Kansas City is 1.33% across 1206 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.
