The flight time from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 40 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MCI Kansas City, MO 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 12 minutes in the air
13 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
79%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 40 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 12 minutes.

The flight distance from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth is 460 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to Kansas City
1 hour, 31 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 40m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

42

Distance

460 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
42

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Kansas City from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 460 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth?

The flight time from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 40 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 12 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth?

American is the only airline with direct flights from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth.

Does Southwest fly from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Kansas City 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 72 minutes
Taxiing In 13 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 3 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth, American is 79% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 79% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 79% 19% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Kansas City and Dallas Fort Worth, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 14 72 13 100

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7am 0.95
1pm 0.21
3pm 0.15
5am 0.76
10am 0.45
11am 0.45
2pm 0.25
5pm 0.16
9am 0.58
12pm 0.18
7pm 0.32
4pm 0.52
6pm 0.64
8pm 0.23
6am 0.11

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 170
February 140
March 183
April 169
May 182
June 196
July 203
August 212
September 188
October 203
November 189
December 177

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Dallas Fort Worth that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 6.37
Tuesday 5.81
Wednesday 5.96
Thursday 6.33
Friday 6.4
Saturday 5.46
Sunday 6.21

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 1

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7am 15 75 14 108
1pm 13 73 10 97
3pm 12 74 11 99
5am 14 72 11 100
10am 13 73 11 98
11am 13 71 13 97
2pm 15 75 11 100
5pm 14 74 15 107
9am 14 71 13 99
12pm 13 71 10 96
7pm 13 71 13 98
4pm 17 72 14 106
6pm 13 72 13 99
8pm 12 71 13 97
6am 14 69 14 100
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.