Direct flights from Philadelphia (PHL) to Kansas City (MCI): 26 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 6 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,667 km, an estimated 2 hours 38 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Philadelphia and Kansas City. Updated 3 November 2026 at 14:30 UTC.
The PHL board at 09:30 shows departure at 11:25 instead of 10:55, gate F3 (TF).
Landing estimate from 146,883 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 AA5280 →Checked PHL board 09:30 · MCI board 08:25
route health from live PHL and MCI delay boards
0 of 6 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.
Conditions are tightest at MCI: a 45% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +13 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PHL 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: Philadelphia (PHL) to Kansas City (MCI) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Mostly on schedule. The arrival side at MCI is the weaker end, route health score 70/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 10:55 and evening departures around 17:05 from PHL. 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 1,667 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 148–173 min gate-to-gate on this route.
American Airlines runs the route with about 26 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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