Flights Philadelphia → Kansas City
PHL → MCI
Route overview
This flight route connects Philadelphia to Kansas City, with an overall on-time performance rate of 85%. The average delay is approximately 6.9 minutes, and the flights are operated using Embraer 170 and 175 aircraft models. The destination airport in Kansas City opened in 1956 and currently handles nearly 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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 232 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.9/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 1,667 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 52% of PHL-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 232 tracked PHL-MCI flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 4.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHL-MCI
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 232 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Kansas City is 4.31% across 232 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
