Charlotte (CLT) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 1,301 km
- 809 mi · 703 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 26 min / 2 h 15 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → MCI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 163 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (97 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 311,679
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −17.8%
- Flights / week
- 45
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 391,498 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, OO, OH
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 CLT
- 294°
- Heading from MCI
- 106°
- Halfway point
- 37.46, -87.64
- Great-circle km
- 1,299 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → MCI
- 2 h
- In the air MCI → CLT
- 1 h 44 min
- Clocks
- Kansas City is 1 h behind Charlotte
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,717 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,386 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,896 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,896 |
| Dec 2025 | 28,741 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,136 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,834 |
| Mar 2026 | 23,989 |
| Apr 2026 | 24,065 |
| May 2026 | 26,644 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,853 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,522 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 231 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 |
| Oct 2025 | 228 |
| Nov 2025 | 194 |
| Dec 2025 | 205 |
| Jan 2026 | 159 |
| Feb 2026 | 163 |
| Mar 2026 | 182 |
| Apr 2026 | 205 |
| May 2026 | 208 |
| Jun 2026 | 182 |
| Jul 2026 | 193 |
Airlines flying CLT–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 43 | 98% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.2 | 1% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.6 | 1% |
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 737-800 · 1,827 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 188 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 135 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 65 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 60 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 32 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 25 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 14 flights
Also carried: 21 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 2,384
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 78.4% | 18 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 93.3% | 3 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 81.8% | 9 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 57% · air traffic system 9% · weather 3% · 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
- $291
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $261
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 79% of passengers · $298
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 14% of passengers · $239
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $252 · Q3 2025 $257 · Q4 2025 $256 · Q1 2026 $291).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $297, likely $257–$339
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). 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: 1,299 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.