Flights Washington → Kansas City
DCA → MCI
Route overview
This flight route operates between Washington and Kansas City, utilizing Embraer 170 and 175 aircraft. With a punctuality rate of 67%, the flights experience an average delay of 21.5 minutes, based on a total of 476 recorded flights. The destination airport in Kansas City, which opened in 1956, handles nearly nine 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 Washington (DCA) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 644 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.2/100 (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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Kansas City (MCI) heads west for about 1,524 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 20m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of DCA-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 644 tracked DCA-MCI flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 4.8% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DCA-MCI
On the Washington (DCA) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 644 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Kansas City is 4.81% across 644 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
