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DEN → MCI

Denver International Airport Kansas City International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
76.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
66 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,364
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 59%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
  • Air traffic control & airport 10%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 73.1% 361
October 2025 81.7% 393
November 2025 87.6% 349
December 2025 77.9% 336
January 2026 85.1% 303
February 2026 81.5% 293
March 2026 72.3% 339
April 2026 80.4% 338
May 2026 71.8% 382
June 2026 68.3% 419
July 2026 75.3% 439
August 2026 68.2% 412

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Southwest Airlines 2,363 72.0% 0.6% 62 min
United Airlines 1,296 79.5% 0.3% 75 min
SkyWest Airlines 413 86.9% 0.2% 68 min
Frontier Airlines 292 84.5% 0.0% 77 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • UA586

    13% late · 363 flights

  • UA2159

    12% late · 341 flights

  • F93376

    17% late · 207 flights

  • UA1596

    41% late · 148 flights

  • UA1662

    23% late · 110 flights

  • F94828

    12% late · 85 flights

  • UA2793

    44% late · 82 flights

  • UA1669

    20% late · 77 flights

  • OO5247

    7% late · 69 flights

  • WN802

    26% late · 62 flights

  • WN1584

    7% late · 60 flights

  • WN4305

    56% late · 60 flights

  • WN2171

    24% late · 59 flights

  • WN1506

    17% late · 58 flights

  • WN3583

    18% late · 57 flights

  • OO5798

    13% late · 55 flights

  • WN1586

    19% late · 52 flights

  • WN1587

    49% late · 52 flights

  • WN4758

    69% late · 52 flights

  • WN855

    6% late · 52 flights

  • OO5987

    10% late · 51 flights

  • WN351

    16% late · 51 flights

  • WN2293

    42% late · 50 flights

  • WN436

    44% late · 50 flights

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