Flights Salt Lake City → Kansas City
SLC → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Kansas City operates with an Airbus A319 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of only 3.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 238 flights, serving the busy Kansas City International Airport, which 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 312 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Kansas City (MCI) heads east for about 1,477 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of SLC-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 312 tracked SLC-MCI flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 2.6% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-MCI
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 312 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Kansas City is 2.56% across 312 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
