The flight time from Kansas City to Tampa is 2 hours, 25 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MCI Kansas City, MO 1 minute late.
10 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 10 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives TPA Tampa, FL 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Kansas City to Tampa is 2 hours, 25 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 10 minutes.

The flight distance from Kansas City to Tampa is 1048 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Tampa to Kansas City
2 hours, 43 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 25m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

11

Distance

1048 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
11

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Kansas City from Tampa by plane?

The distance from Kansas City to Tampa by plane is 1048 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 Tampa?

The flight time from Kansas City to Tampa is 2 hours, 25 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 10 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Kansas City to Tampa?

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

Does Southwest fly from Kansas City to Tampa?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Tampa (TPA). 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 130 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Tampa 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 Kansas City to Tampa, Southwest is 81% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Kansas City and Tampa, 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 10 130 4 145

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
11am 0.05
2pm 0.14
9pm 0.02
6am 0.08
3pm 0.05
5am 0.04
8am 0.06
7pm 0.31
10pm 0.03
9am 0.13
4pm 0.04
12pm 0.12
8pm 0.21
7am 0.09
10am 0.27
6pm 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Tampa 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 42
February 36
March 56
April 60
May 62
June 63
July 69
August 53
September 38
October 48
November 40
December 42

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Kansas City to Tampa 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 1.54
Tuesday 1.48
Wednesday 1.46
Thursday 1.58
Friday 1.56
Saturday 2.25
Sunday 1.85

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)
11am 12 129 4 146
2pm 10 129 4 144
9pm 8 131 4 146
6am 11 129 4 147
3pm 10 131 4 146
5am 10 134 4 150
8am 10 127 4 141
7pm 10 131 4 146
10pm 10 127 5 143
9am 11 130 4 146
4pm 9 130 4 145
12pm 11 126 4 142
8pm 10 130 4 145
7am 11 129 4 145
10am 10 131 4 146
6pm 8 127 5 139
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.