High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI, ICAO: KMCI, FAA LID: MCI), originally named Mid-Continent International Airport, is a public airport located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the central business district of Kansas City, in Platte County, Missouri, United States. In 2008, 10,469,892 passengers used the airport. Currently the airport serves 59 nonstop destinations and is the 32nd busiest airport (Nov 2011).