Denver (DEN) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 857 km
- 533 mi · 463 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 36 min / 1 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → MCI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 108 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (64 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,083,294
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.3%
- Flights / week
- 166
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,351,474 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, UA, 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 DEN
- 91°
- Heading from MCI
- 277°
- Halfway point
- 39.69, -99.67
- Great-circle km
- 855 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → MCI
- 1 h 12 min
- In the air MCI → DEN
- 1 h 25 min
- Clocks
- Kansas City is 1 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 96,019 |
| Sep 2025 | 95,238 |
| Oct 2025 | 103,212 |
| Nov 2025 | 81,685 |
| Dec 2025 | 78,773 |
| Jan 2026 | 67,688 |
| Feb 2026 | 73,396 |
| Mar 2026 | 87,764 |
| Apr 2026 | 83,738 |
| May 2026 | 97,552 |
| Jun 2026 | 106,007 |
| Jul 2026 | 112,222 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 742 |
| Sep 2025 | 723 |
| Oct 2025 | 786 |
| Nov 2025 | 701 |
| Dec 2025 | 666 |
| Jan 2026 | 604 |
| Feb 2026 | 587 |
| Mar 2026 | 678 |
| Apr 2026 | 681 |
| May 2026 | 760 |
| Jun 2026 | 833 |
| Jul 2026 | 884 |
Airlines flying DEN–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 90 | 55% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 50 | 32% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 8% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 15 | 4% |
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 · 2,440 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,315 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,757 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 776 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 403 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 353 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 187 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 153 flights
Also carried: 432 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 8,648
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.4% | 16 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 79.4% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.4% | 10 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.3% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 23% · 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
- $213
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $195
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 56% of passengers · $215
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $118
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $186 · Q4 2025 $191 · Q1 2026 $213).
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: 855 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.
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