The flight time from Dallas to Kansas City is 1 hour, 23 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DAL Dallas, TX on time.
10 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 7 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MCI Kansas City, MO 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas to Kansas City is 1 hour, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 7 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas to Kansas City is 461 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Kansas City to Dallas
1 hour, 24 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 23m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h1h 15m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

39

Distance

461 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
39

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas from Kansas City by plane?

The distance from Dallas to Kansas City by plane is 461 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Dallas to Kansas City?

The flight time from Dallas to Kansas City is 1 hour, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 7 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Dallas to Kansas City?

Southwest is the only airline with direct flights from Dallas to Kansas City.

Does Southwest fly from Dallas to Kansas City?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Dallas (DAL) to Kansas City (MCI). On average, they have 39 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Dallas on time
Taxi Out Time 10 minutes
In the Air 67 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Kansas City 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 Dallas to Kansas City, Southwest is 84% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas and Kansas City, 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)
Southwest 10 67 4 83

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
2pm 0.38
12pm 0.39
8am 0.35
5pm 0.12
10am 0.04
10pm 0.48
7pm 0.17
9am 0.45
6am 0.75
7am 0.41
1pm 0.18
3pm 0.31
8pm 0.42
4pm 0.37
6pm 0.37
11am 0.22
9pm 0.18

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas to Kansas City 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 157
February 148
March 182
April 175
May 181
June 175
July 177
August 177
September 168
October 177
November 172
December 180

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas to Kansas City 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 5.87
Tuesday 5.87
Wednesday 5.88
Thursday 5.83
Friday 5.83
Saturday 4.1
Sunday 6.42

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
Southwest 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)
2pm 11 68 4 83
12pm 10 66 4 82
8am 10 68 4 82
5pm 10 67 5 82
10am 10 66 5 82
10pm 10 67 4 82
7pm 10 67 5 82
9am 10 69 4 84
6am 11 67 4 83
7am 12 68 4 84
1pm 10 66 4 82
3pm 11 66 4 82
8pm 10 66 5 82
4pm 10 68 4 84
6pm 10 68 4 83
11am 11 68 4 84
9pm 11 68 4 83
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.