Dallas (DAL) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 742 km
- 461 mi · 401 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 27 min / 1 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → MCI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 93 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (55 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 430,119
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.2%
- Flights / week
- 78
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 66%
- 649,286 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 DAL
- 14°
- Heading from MCI
- 196°
- Halfway point
- 36.08, -95.82
- Great-circle km
- 743 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → MCI
- 1 h 9 min
- In the air MCI → DAL
- 1 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 34,039 |
| Sep 2025 | 34,645 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,880 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,044 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,136 |
| Jan 2026 | 27,492 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,948 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,379 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,895 |
| May 2026 | 40,588 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,422 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,651 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 316 |
| Sep 2025 | 308 |
| Oct 2025 | 359 |
| Nov 2025 | 337 |
| Dec 2025 | 357 |
| Jan 2026 | 300 |
| Feb 2026 | 312 |
| Mar 2026 | 368 |
| Apr 2026 | 356 |
| May 2026 | 347 |
| Jun 2026 | 334 |
| Jul 2026 | 346 |
Airlines flying DAL–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78 | 100% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,641 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,463 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 936 flights
Also carried: 219 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 4,087
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 54% · air traffic system 17% · 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
- $237
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $211
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $237
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $237
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $202 · Q3 2025 $195 · Q4 2025 $214 · Q1 2026 $237).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $242, likely $209–$276
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 5.5%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 743 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.