Flights Tampa → Kansas City
TPA → MCI
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Kansas City operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 74%, with an average delay of 14.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 190 flights, serving the busy Kansas City International Airport, which opened in 1956 and 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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Tampa (TPA) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 229 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-west for about 1,687 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 32m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of TPA-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 229 tracked TPA-MCI flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.2% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating TPA-MCI
Airports
Frequently asked questions about TPA-MCI
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 229 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Kansas City is 2.18% across 229 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
