Direct flights from Houston (HOU) to Kansas City (MCI): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 7 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,075 km, an estimated 1 hour 53 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Houston and Kansas City. Updated 18 October 2026 at 01:28 UTC.
Left HOU at 18:15, 40 min after its 17:35 slot.
Landing estimate from 148,498 tracked flights of 2 to 4 hours that left 30 to 59 min late. The MCI board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track WN2076 →Checked HOU board 20:28 · MCI board 20:07
route health from live HOU and MCI delay boards
Median arrival delay is −7 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at MCI: 44% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +11 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop HOU to MCI flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Houston (HOU) to Kansas City (MCI) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at HOU is the weaker end, route health score 86/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 08:00 and evening departures around 22:35 from HOU. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the MCI delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 1,075 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 106–122 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 27 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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