The flight time from Denver to Kansas City is 1 hour, 30 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DEN Denver, CO 1 minute late.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 10 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MCI Kansas City, MO 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Frontier
91%
United
80%
Southwest
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Denver to Kansas City is 1 hour, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 10 minutes.

The flight distance from Denver to Kansas City is 533 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Kansas City to Denver
1 hour, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 28m
United
1h 33m
Frontier
1h 38m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

79

Distance

533 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
45
United
29
Frontier
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Denver from Kansas City by plane?

The distance from Denver to Kansas City by plane is 533 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Denver to Kansas City?

The flight time from Denver to Kansas City is 1 hour, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 10 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 28 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 1 hour, 38 minutes.

What airlines fly from Denver to Kansas City?

Frontier, Southwest, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Denver to Kansas City.

Does Southwest fly from Denver to Kansas City?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Denver (DEN) to Kansas City (MCI). On average, they have 45 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 Denver 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 70 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Kansas City 2 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 Denver to Kansas City, Southwest is 78% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Frontier 91% 9% 0%
United 80% 19% 1%
Southwest 78% 21% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Denver 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 12 70 4 88
United 17 70 5 93
Frontier 16 72 8 98

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
10pm 0.39
11pm 0
6pm 0.38
10am 0.88
2pm 0.6
9am 0.76
12pm 0.19
5am 0.67
7pm 0.38
3pm 0.21
8am 0.34
11am 0.5
7am 0.87
8pm 1.24
5pm 1.47
1pm 1.16
9pm 0.45
4pm 0.22
6am 0.51

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver 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 316
February 283
March 316
April 301
May 314
June 362
July 381
August 408
September 348
October 385
November 357
December 369

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver 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 11.4
Tuesday 12.04
Wednesday 11.38
Thursday 12.02
Friday 12.17
Saturday 8.62
Sunday 11.98

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
United 1
Frontier 0

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)
10pm 11 70 4 87
11pm 17 67 4 88
6pm 13 70 5 90
10am 18 69 4 92
2pm 11 70 4 86
9am 15 71 5 92
12pm 11 70 4 86
5am 14 71 4 91
7pm 13 71 4 89
3pm 12 70 4 86
8am 12 70 4 89
11am 12 69 4 87
7am 15 72 5 95
8pm 15 70 5 91
5pm 18 71 5 95
1pm 15 69 4 90
9pm 12 70 5 88
4pm 13 71 6 91
6am 13 70 5 89
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.