The flight time from Kansas City to Austin is 1 hour, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MCI Kansas City, MO 1 minute early.
11 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 30 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives AUS Austin, TX 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
82%
American
60%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Kansas City to Austin is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 30 minutes.

The flight distance from Kansas City to Austin is 650 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Austin to Kansas City
1 hour, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 47m
American
2h
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

17

Distance

650 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
16
American
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Kansas City from Austin by plane?

The distance from Kansas City to Austin by plane is 650 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Kansas City to Austin?

The flight time from Kansas City to Austin is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 30 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 47 minutes, and American the slowest taking 2 hours.

What airlines fly from Kansas City to Austin?

Southwest and American are the airlines with direct flights from Kansas City to Austin.

Does Southwest fly from Kansas City to Austin?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Austin (AUS). On average, they have 16 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 Kansas City 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 11 minutes
In the Air 90 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Austin 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 Kansas City to Austin, Southwest is 82% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 82% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 82% 17% 1%
American 60% 38% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Kansas City and Austin, 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 90 5 107
American 16 94 7 120

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
10am 0.02
6pm 0.44
9pm 0.01
7am 0.32
5pm 0.44
1pm 0.19
3pm 0.03
7pm 0.05
12pm 0.19
6am 0.16
4pm 0.07
9am 0.14
8am 0.06
8pm 0.01
11am 0.13
5am 0.23
2pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Austin 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 79
February 54
March 65
April 77
May 84
June 68
July 68
August 70
September 78
October 103
November 84
December 93

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Austin 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 2.79
Tuesday 2.56
Wednesday 2.6
Thursday 2.81
Friday 2.83
Saturday 1.73
Sunday 2.44

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 0
American 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)
10am 11 99 4 113
6pm 11 91 5 109
9pm 10 86 7 103
7am 11 90 5 106
5pm 10 89 5 106
1pm 12 94 6 115
3pm 11 93 4 107
7pm 12 89 5 111
12pm 9 90 5 107
6am 10 90 4 107
4pm 10 86 5 101
9am 11 91 5 107
8am 9 87 4 102
8pm 11 97 5 111
11am 10 88 5 108
5am 11 89 5 108
2pm 9 86 18 113
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.