Atlanta (ATL) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 1,115 km
- 693 mi · 602 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 8 min / 1 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → MCI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 140 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (83 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 901,526
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.8%
- Flights / week
- 124
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,126,947 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 307°
- Heading from MCI
- 121°
- Halfway point
- 36.58, -89.38
- Great-circle km
- 1,114 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → MCI
- 1 h 45 min
- In the air MCI → ATL
- 1 h 32 min
- Clocks
- Kansas City is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 80,591 |
| Sep 2025 | 79,439 |
| Oct 2025 | 85,956 |
| Nov 2025 | 69,467 |
| Dec 2025 | 67,589 |
| Jan 2026 | 55,349 |
| Feb 2026 | 60,268 |
| Mar 2026 | 68,600 |
| Apr 2026 | 73,819 |
| May 2026 | 84,788 |
| Jun 2026 | 86,223 |
| Jul 2026 | 89,437 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 602 |
| Sep 2025 | 581 |
| Oct 2025 | 613 |
| Nov 2025 | 536 |
| Dec 2025 | 515 |
| Jan 2026 | 455 |
| Feb 2026 | 442 |
| Mar 2026 | 487 |
| Apr 2026 | 519 |
| May 2026 | 564 |
| Jun 2026 | 565 |
| Jul 2026 | 582 |
Airlines flying ATL–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 104 | 86% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 9% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 6.3 | 5% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 4,908 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 445 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 349 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 175 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 158 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 126 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 111 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 95 flights
Also carried: 206 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 6,544
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 87.2% | 9 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.8% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 62.6% | 32 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 39% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 19% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $308
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $278
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 64% of passengers · $352
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 24% of passengers · $257
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $265 · Q3 2025 $261 · Q4 2025 $283 · Q1 2026 $308).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $314, likely $272–$358
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,114 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Kansas City
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