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The flight time from New York to Kansas City is 3 hours, 9 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 4 minutes early.
21 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 39 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MCI Kansas City, MO 13 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
86%
Delta
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Kansas City is 3 hours, 9 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 39 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Kansas City is 1107 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Kansas City to New York
2 hours, 40 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
3h 4m
Delta
3h 11m
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

35

Distance

1107 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
24
Southwest
11

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Kansas City by plane?

The distance from New York to Kansas City by plane is 1107 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Kansas City?

The flight time from New York to Kansas City is 3 hours, 9 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 39 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 3 hours, 4 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 3 hours, 11 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Kansas City?

Southwest and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Kansas City.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Kansas City?

Yes! Southwest does fly from New York (LGA) to Kansas City (MCI). 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 New York 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 159 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Kansas City 13 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 New York to Kansas City, Southwest is 86% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 86% 13% 1%
Delta 84% 13% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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 19 158 5 184
Delta 22 161 6 191

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
9am 0.34
2pm 0.32
6pm 0.56
8am 0.43
12pm 0.22
11am 0.46
1pm 0.65
5pm 0.45
4pm 0.31
7pm 0.2
3pm 0.24
7am 0.38
10am 0.42

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 140
February 125
March 184
April 170
May 168
June 164
July 172
August 172
September 147
October 143
November 139
December 144

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 5.63
Tuesday 5.56
Wednesday 5.52
Thursday 5.52
Friday 5.73
Saturday 2.83
Sunday 5.13

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
Delta 0
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)
9am 22 158 5 186
2pm 21 159 5 188
6pm 22 160 5 190
8am 19 164 6 191
12pm 18 157 6 183
11am 18 161 5 187
1pm 20 159 6 187
5pm 21 164 5 192
4pm 23 157 6 187
7pm 22 159 6 190
3pm 24 159 6 192
7am 23 158 5 191
10am 22 158 5 186
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.