Route
DTW → MCI
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Kansas City International Airport
629 miles
Return route MCI → DTW →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 80.6%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 71 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,345
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 59%
- Late-arriving aircraft 29%
- Air traffic control & airport 9%
- Extreme weather 3%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
Aug 2026
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 85.0% | 107 |
| October 2025 | 89.7% | 117 |
| November 2025 | 81.3% | 107 |
| December 2025 | 65.7% | 110 |
| January 2026 | 77.3% | 98 |
| February 2026 | 82.7% | 105 |
| March 2026 | 80.2% | 120 |
| April 2026 | 86.0% | 116 |
| May 2026 | 87.7% | 117 |
| June 2026 | 68.1% | 113 |
| July 2026 | 86.2% | 117 |
| August 2026 | 76.3% | 118 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,328 | 80.8% | 1.2% | 71 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 16 | 68.8% | 0.0% | 82 min |
| American Airlines | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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