Flights Newark → Kansas City
EWR → MCI
How long is the flight from Newark to Kansas City?
The flight from Newark (EWR) to Kansas City (MCI) takes 2h 24m 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
This flight route operates between Newark and Kansas City, utilizing Embraer 170 aircraft. With a high on-time performance rate of 90%, the average delay is just 5.5 minutes across the fifty flights conducted annually. The destination airport in Kansas City handles nearly nine million passengers per year and has been operational since 1956, while Newark's airport opened more recently in 2001.
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 Newark (EWR) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 263 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (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 Newark the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Newark (EWR) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 1,753 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 24m.
Departures from Newark on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 55% of EWR-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Newark the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 263 tracked EWR-MCI flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about EWR-MCI
The flight from Newark (EWR) to Kansas City (MCI) takes 2h 24m 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 Newark (EWR) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 263 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Newark-Kansas City is 3.42% across 263 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kansas City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
