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Direct flights from Kansas City (MCI) to Columbia (CAE): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The nonstop covers 1,350 km, an estimated 2 hours 14 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Kansas City and Columbia. Updated 18 August 2026 at 23:22 UTC.
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Kansas City
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CAE
Columbia
tracking
1,350 km · ~2h 14m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live MCI and CAE delay boards
Search live fares for this route →Flight time~2h 14mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg
Current nonstop fares
MCI → CAE · one way · economy · 1 adult
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The week
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
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How the Kansas City to Columbia route actually runs
Pro Flight Search tracks every published board update for nonstop MCI to CAE flights: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises. Fares link straight to the operating airline with no markups.
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Pro Flight Search — Kansas City (MCI) to Columbia (CAE) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/MCI-CAE
MCI to CAE questions
Is MCI–CAE running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from MCI to CAE?
Great-circle distance is 1,350 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 125–146 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does MCI–CAE fly?
American Airlines runs the route with about 2 flights a week (sun, thu). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at MCI and arrival-side delay at CAE, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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