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DCA vs MCI - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DCA

Washington, DC

Washington, Virginia

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Airport B
MCI

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, Missouri

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DCA MCI
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 80.8% 82.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.6 min 70.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.2% 18.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.52% 1.22%
Total Flights 1,425,060 524,365
Delayed Flights 274,313 94,477
Cancelled Flights 21,697 6,385
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DCA - Washington, DC

Late Aircraft 46.4%
Carrier 28.7%
NAS 19.7%
Weather 5.0%
Security 0.2%

MCI - Kansas City, MO

Late Aircraft 42.6%
Carrier 30.3%
NAS 20.8%
Weather 6.1%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from DCA

Route Flights On-Time
BOS → DCA
Washington
49,205 81.6%
DCA → BOS
Boston
49,133 80.5%
ATL → DCA
Washington
35,757 79.9%
DCA → ATL
Atlanta
35,728 83.9%
ORD → DCA
Washington
33,643 79%
DCA → ORD
Chicago
33,634 83.8%

Top routes from MCI

Route Flights On-Time
DEN → MCI
Kansas City
22,306 77.5%
MCI → DEN
Denver
22,302 80.4%
ATL → MCI
Kansas City
17,753 83.6%
MCI → ATL
Atlanta
17,667 88.6%
ORD → MCI
Kansas City
17,519 79.1%
MCI → ORD
Chicago
17,516 83.9%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.