Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 741 km
- 460 mi · 400 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 35 min / 1 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → MCI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 93 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (55 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 576,219
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.6%
- Flights / week
- 95
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 719,789 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, MQ, 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 DFW
- 16°
- Heading from MCI
- 197°
- Halfway point
- 36.11, -95.92
- Great-circle km
- 742 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → MCI
- 1 h 10 min
- In the air MCI → DFW
- 1 h 15 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 | 50,225 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,327 |
| Oct 2025 | 53,234 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,820 |
| Dec 2025 | 51,832 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,638 |
| Feb 2026 | 43,294 |
| Mar 2026 | 48,378 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,790 |
| May 2026 | 47,120 |
| Jun 2026 | 45,980 |
| Jul 2026 | 50,581 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 440 |
| Sep 2025 | 424 |
| Oct 2025 | 454 |
| Nov 2025 | 416 |
| Dec 2025 | 428 |
| Jan 2026 | 308 |
| Feb 2026 | 332 |
| Mar 2026 | 411 |
| Apr 2026 | 411 |
| May 2026 | 420 |
| Jun 2026 | 421 |
| Jul 2026 | 456 |
Airlines flying DFW–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74 | 88% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 16 | 10% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 2.9 | 2% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.8 | 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 · 2,014 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 811 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 629 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 602 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 447 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 163 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 118 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 79 flights
Also carried: 125 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Flights counted
- 5,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71.2% | 25 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 83.7% | 11 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 71.5% | 21 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 72.7% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 14% · weather 6% · 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
- $258
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $237
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 97% of passengers · $258
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 97% of passengers · $258
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $230 · Q3 2025 $225 · Q4 2025 $237 · Q1 2026 $258).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $263, likely $228–$300
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.7%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% 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: 742 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |