Dodge City, KS

What the Data Says About DDC

Dodge City, KS in Dodge City, Kansas handled 7,255 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,049 experienced delays, 119 were cancelled, and 10 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.64%, the diversion rate to 0.14%, and the average delay when departures run late is 130.3 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing DDC against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at DDC, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 55.9% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 27.7% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 10.6%. Weather contributes 5.8% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, April runs the cleanest at DDC with a 94.5% on-time rate, while August is the roughest at 91% — a 4-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in December, when average flights hit 106. The busiest route from DDC is to DEN (Denver), with 2,665 flights at a 83.6% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85.5% on-time, 130.3-minute average delay, 1.64% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Dodge City, KS.