Flights New Orleans → Kansas City
MSY → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Kansas City has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1956, serves over 9.8 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 New Orleans (MSY) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 137 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north for about 1,112 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of MSY-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 137 tracked MSY-MCI flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.5% 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 MSY-MCI
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 137 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Kansas City is 1.46% across 137 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.
