MCI

Kansas City International Airport

ICAO KMCI39.3017°N 94.7139°W1,027 ft / 313 mLarge airport
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Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI, ICAO: KMCI) is a large airport in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It opened in 1951. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,801 ft (3,292 m). In 2025 it handled 11.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1951–1951
1951
OpenedKansas City International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
01L/19R013° / 193° · LIT
LENGTH10,801 ft3,292 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09/27096° / 276° · LIT
LENGTH9,501 ft2,896 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
01R/19L013° / 193° · LIT
LENGTH9,500 ft2,896 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
10.2M
10.6M
11.1M
11.6M
11.9M
11.8M
4.5M
7.7M
9.8M
11.6M
12.0M
11.3M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

33 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 393 mi / 632 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 402 mi / 647 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 461 mi / 742 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 531 mi / 855 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 627 mi / 1,009 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 645 mi / 1,038 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 651 mi / 1,047 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 692 mi / 1,114 kmGUF · Jack Edwards National Airport · 739 mi / 1,190 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 807 mi / 1,299 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 902 mi / 1,452 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 918 mi / 1,477 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 924 mi / 1,487 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 947 mi / 1,524 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 1,036 mi / 1,667 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,042 mi / 1,677 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 1,046 mi / 1,683 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 1,048 mi / 1,687 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,072 mi / 1,726 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 1,105 mi / 1,778 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 1,110 mi / 1,786 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,127 mi / 1,813 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,136 mi / 1,829 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,243 mi / 2,000 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,252 mi / 2,015 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 1,253 mi / 2,016 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,361 mi / 2,190 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,486 mi / 2,391 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 1,495 mi / 2,406 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 766 mi / 1,232 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 1,089 mi / 1,753 kmCUN · Cancún International Airport · 1,345 mi / 2,164 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 1,478 mi / 2,379 kmSFOSEAPDXLAXCUNBOSMIALASJFKMCOPHXDCASLCRDUVPSATLAUSIAHDTWDENDFWORDMSPPGDTPAPHLCLTGUFFLLEWRIADMCI
Year-round29
MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines632 km393 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines +1647 km402 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines742 km461 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines855 km531 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,009 km627 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,038 km645 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,047 km651 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,114 km692 miGUFJack Edwards National AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,190 km739 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,299 km807 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,452 km902 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,477 km918 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express1,487 km924 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,524 km947 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines1,667 km1,036 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines1,677 km1,042 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,683 km1,046 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,687 km1,048 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,726 km1,072 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,778 km1,105 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,786 km1,110 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,813 km1,127 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,829 km1,136 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,000 km1,243 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,015 km1,252 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines2,016 km1,253 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Air Lines2,190 km1,361 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines2,391 km1,486 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,406 km1,495 mi
Seasonal10
DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express855 km531 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,232 km766 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,299 km807 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,524 km947 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,677 km1,042 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,726 km1,072 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,753 km1,089 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle2,015 km1,252 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines2,164 km1,345 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines2,379 km1,478 mi
Most destinationsDelta Air Lines 9American Airlines 8American Eagle 7Delta Connection 6United Express 6Frontier Airlines 6

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MCI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kansas City International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers11.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#188of 3,974 · #49 North America · #39 USLongest runway10,801 ft3,292 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#744of 29,823 · #172 North America · #138 USElevation1,027 ft313 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#17,218of 43,341 · #7,648 North America · #6,097 USAgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · =2,596 North America · =2,536 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
APPAPP120.950
ATISATIS126.625
CLDCLNC DEL135.700
DEPDEP124.700
GNDGND121.650
RDOCOLUMBIA RDO122.650
TWRINTL TWR125.750
UNICUNICOM122.950