MCI Kansas City International Airport
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3 min early

Kansas City (MCI) airport average departure delay right now

Departures 3 min early, arrivals 6 min early. No cancellations across 223 tracked flights.

Hour by hour
17:00today on time on time

Drag. Solid bars are observed. Hatched bars are expected.

Kansas City (MCI) delays today: 89% of the 136 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running 3 min early and arrivals 6 min early, across 223 flights tracked so far today. No cancellations have been recorded. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 5 September 2026 at 21:08 UTC.

Departures104 timed
On time88%91
Delayed12%13
typical now 3 min early
Arrivals32 timed
On time91%29
Delayed9%3
typical now 6 min early
On the boardfull board ↗
17:30UA664ORD from Chicagoon time
17:38DL1660ATL from Atlantaon time
17:45WN750CUN from Cancúnon time
18:04DL2068LGA from New Yorkon time
18:10WN3724AUS from Austinon time
18:25WN1627MDW from Chicagoon time

Boards at MCI post conservatively today. The median flight leaves at or before the posted delay. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

In the air to MCIlive positions · 3-min feed
16aircraft inbound · next to land WN1627 from Chicago, lands ~17:49
WN1627Chicago
lands ~17:49
WN3724Austin
lands ~17:53
WN2142Austin
lands ~17:58
DL1443Atlanta
lands ~18:03

Positions as of 17:31 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Cancelled 0.0%0 of 223 A typical day here runs ~1.3%. Today is holding at or below normal. Made up in the air Network figure ~29 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.
Last 30 days

Today is the 12th worst day of the last 30. Median day: +1 min departures.

Typical week here
+12
MON
+9
TUE
+10
WED
+13
THU
+14
FRI
+11
SAT
+14
SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Tuesday (+9 min), heaviest on Sunday (+14 min).

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Sample · what you getMCI went yellow · departures now +34 min and building · 19:40 local. Weather clears after 03:00. → proflightsearch.com/airport-delays/kansas-city-MCI

Kansas City airport delays today

MCI is running smoothly. A typical departure is currently 3 min early. Arrivals are 6 min early. Cancellations: 0 of 223 tracked flights (0.0%). The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 18:00 (+6 min expected).

Nearby gateways: OMA DSM ICT TUL STL OKC · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Kansas City

Is Kansas City (MCI) delayed right now?

MCI is running smoothly. Departures 3 min early, arrivals 6 min early. No cancellations across 223 tracked flights. 89% of the 136 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the best day to fly from Kansas City (MCI)?

Over the last 90 days, Tuesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+9 min). Sunday ran heaviest (+14 min).

How often are flights delayed at MCI today?

We tracked 223 flights today: departures 3 min early, arrivals 6 min early. No cancellations are recorded in the tracked sample.

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delay window 16:08 local · How these are computed → methodology