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.
22 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 ?

Delta
85%
Southwest
83%
American
83%
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 10m
American
3h 10m
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

40

Distance

1107 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
27
Southwest
10
American
1

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, 10 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Kansas City?

American, 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 10 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 22 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 83% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 85% 11% 4%
Southwest 83% 16% 1%
American 83% 13% 4%

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 20 157 5 184
Delta 23 160 6 190
American 22 159 7 190

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 0.72
2pm 0.26
6pm 0.73
8am 0.34
12pm 0.3
11am 0.29
1pm 0.46
5pm 0.18
4pm 0.68
7pm 0.19
3pm 0.41
7am 0.45
10am 0.59
6am 0

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 173
February 175
March 184
April 170
May 168
June 164
July 172
August 197
September 189
October 195
November 166
December 155

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 6.4
Tuesday 6.62
Wednesday 6.63
Thursday 6.37
Friday 6.54
Saturday 2.81
Sunday 5.17

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 1
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)
9am 22 159 5 188
2pm 22 159 6 187
6pm 24 160 5 190
8am 21 158 6 186
12pm 19 157 6 183
11am 19 156 5 181
1pm 20 159 5 186
5pm 23 157 5 187
4pm 22 156 5 185
7pm 22 159 6 190
3pm 23 162 6 194
7am 24 163 5 193
10am 23 163 5 194
6am 25 154 4 183
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.