Cheapest€57.37
- Southwest Airlines SA309314:381h 17m15:55Chicago ORDKansas City MCI
Door to door 4h 27mCO2 167.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Chicago to Kansas City flight
Flights from Chicago to Kansas City start at €70.35 and take 4h 26m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Chicago to Kansas City on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Chicago to Kansas City starts at €70.35 and takes 4h 26m door to door, run by 7 operators over 681 km, with around 56 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 26mDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €70.35 to €137.61From
- 14:50 to 18:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 167.5 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 28, 2026, across 2 services on the day.
€70.35 to €137.61 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
14:5001:5111h 1m
319AmtrakDirect
Chicago Union Station → Kansas City
Calls at Summit Amtrak 15:13 · Joliet Gateway Center 15:40 · Dwight Amtrak Station 16:09 · Pontiac Amtrak Station 16:23 · Bloomington-Normal 16:56 · Lincoln Amtrak Station 17:25 · Springfield 17:53 · Carlinville Amtrak Station 18:33
Amtrak timetable18:3001:537h 23m
3AmtrakDirect
Chicago Union Station → Kansas City
Calls at Naperville Amtrak Station 19:00 · Mendota Amtrak Station 19:53 · Princeton Amtrak Station 20:14 · Galesburg Amtrak Station 21:06 · Fort Madison 22:05 · La Plata Amtrak Station 23:22
Amtrak timetable
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €122.27Tue15
- about €109.88Wed16
- about €137.61Thu17
- about €105.16Fri18
- about €108.70Sat19
- about €101.62Sun20
- about €86.87Mon21
- about €70.35Tue22
- about €75.07Wed23
- about €92.77Thu24
- about €85.69Fri25
- about €87.46Sat26
- about €83.33Sun27
- about €72.12Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Fastest€62.09
- Republic Airways RA339016:111h 16m17:27Chicago ORDKansas City MCI
Door to door 4h 26mCO2 167.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 American Airlines | €61.50 |
 SkyWest | €57.96 |
| United Airlines | €59.14 |
 Southwest Airlines | €57.37 |
 Republic Airways | €57.96 |
 Air Wisconsin | €57.37 |
 Air Canada | €58.55 |
The flight gets you into Kansas City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kansas City for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Chicago to Kansas City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.9990 days
- €56.7860 days
- €63.8645 days
- €52.6530 days
- €57.3721 days
- €72.1214 days
- €86.877 days
- €137.613 days
- €122.271 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €137.61, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €83.33Sun
- €72.12Mon
- €70.35Tue
- €75.07Wed
- €92.77Thu
- €85.69Fri
- €87.46Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Chicago
Air
- ORD
- MDW
Kansas City
Air
- MCI
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 681 km against 661 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:03 and the last at 20:44, across 56 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €70.35 | 167.5 kg | 56 |
| Train | 5h 18m | 4h 34m | 44m | €84.49 | 21.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Chicago to Kansas City
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City take?
The Flight from Chicago to Kansas City takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 681 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City cost?
The Flight from Chicago to Kansas City starts at €70.35 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €67.40. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City?
7 operators run the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City: American Airlines, SkyWest, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Republic Airways. Between them they file around 56 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City use?
The Flight from Chicago to Kansas City leaves from Chicago ORD and arrives at Kansas City MCI. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Chicago to Kansas City?
The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Chicago to Kansas City, at €70.35 and 4h 26m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City?
Fares for the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.65. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Chicago to Kansas City produce?
The Flight from Chicago to Kansas City produces about 167.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 681 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Kansas City on September 14, 2026: 681 km of route against 661 km in a straight line, 56 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €70.35, and 4h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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