Flights Orlando → Kansas City
MCO → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Kansas City operates with an average on-time performance rate of 67%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 17.8 minutes. The route sees a total of 432 flights annually, utilizing aircraft such as the Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-300, serving a destination airport that opened in 1956 and currently handles nearly 9.8 million passengers per year.
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 Orlando (MCO) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 587 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.41%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.1/100 (medium), 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 Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-west for about 1,726 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 35m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of MCO-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 587 tracked MCO-MCI flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCO-MCI
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 587 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Kansas City is 3.41% across 587 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
