MCI to ATL flight delays
Kansas City, MO (MCI) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 692 miles
283 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
86.17%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.35%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
63 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from MCI overall run 12.5 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion MCI has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Kansas City to Atlanta keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
This is a thin route — 283 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MCI to ATL.
Every airline on MCI to ATL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 236 | 89.79% | 0.42% | 68 min | A |
| Southwest Airlines | 30 | 76.67% | 0% | 66 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 17 | 52.94% | 0% | 46 min | — |
The return leg
ATL to MCI Atlanta back to Kansas City 85.36% on time BOther routes from Kansas City
Common questions
Are flights from Kansas City to Atlanta usually delayed?
86.17% of flights on the MCI to ATL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Kansas City to Atlanta?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 236 flights and 89.79% arriving on time.
How often are MCI to ATL flights cancelled?
0.35% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MCI to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 63 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MCI to ATL during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →