The flight time from Kansas City to San Diego is 3 hours, 15 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MCI Kansas City, MO 1 minute late.
10 minutes taxiing out
3 hours in the air
3 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SAN San Diego, CA on time.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
82%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Kansas City to San Diego is 3 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours.

The flight distance from Kansas City to San Diego is 1334 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Diego to Kansas City
3 hours

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
3h 15m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

11

Distance

1334 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0204060

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
11

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Kansas City from San Diego by plane?

The distance from Kansas City to San Diego by plane is 1334 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 San Diego?

The flight time from Kansas City to San Diego is 3 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Kansas City to San Diego?

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

Does Southwest fly from Kansas City to San Diego?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Kansas City (MCI) to San Diego (SAN). On average, they have 11 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 late
Taxi Out Time 10 minutes
In the Air 180 minutes
Taxiing In 3 minutes
Arrives San Diego on time

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 San Diego, 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%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Kansas City and San Diego, 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 10 180 3 195

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
5pm 0.2
4pm 0.09
1pm 0.05
12pm 0.18
8am 0.04
3pm 0.05
7pm 0.06
7am 0.15
11am 0.09
8pm 0.01
10am 0.12
6am 0.15
6pm 0.24
9am 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to San Diego 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 27
February 24
March 30
April 44
May 54
June 59
July 64
August 63
September 57
October 61
November 59
December 62

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to San Diego 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 1.71
Tuesday 1.73
Wednesday 1.71
Thursday 1.71
Friday 1.71
Saturday 1.4
Sunday 1.63

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

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)
5pm 10 179 3 195
4pm 9 180 2 193
1pm 11 181 3 196
12pm 10 187 3 200
8am 9 178 3 195
3pm 10 175 3 187
7pm 9 171 3 185
7am 10 183 3 201
11am 11 189 3 203
8pm 13 173 3 189
10am 11 177 3 193
6am 12 178 4 197
6pm 10 181 3 193
9am 11 177 3 194
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.