Chicago to Kansas City runs about 56 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:42. One passenger pays between €56.19 and €70.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 26m over 677 km, on services run by 8 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€56.19 to €70.74
- 96%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chicago
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:06First departure
- 20:42Last departure
- 56Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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 · Alton Amtrak Station 18:57 · St. Louis 19:51
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
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Chicago to Kansas City on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- 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
- about €60.91Tue29
- about €63.86Wed30
- about €72.71Thu1
- about €68.58Fri2
- about €70.35Sat3
- about €67.40Sun4
- about €57.37Mon5
- about €56.19Tue6
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 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
Sort by distance from Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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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.
- €59.1490 days
- €57.9660 days
- €60.3245 days
- €63.8630 days
- €56.1921 days
- €60.9114 days
- €70.357 days
- €105.163 days
- €109.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €56.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 96 percent. The most expensive point is €109.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chicago to Kansas City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
09:50 → 14:16
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
677 km
661 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
2,664,452 → 475,378
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 677 km against 661 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Union Station
Most of the points near Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Chicago to Kansas City?
The fastest journey from Chicago to Kansas City takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 42m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chicago to Kansas City?
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Kansas City is €56.19, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €97.49. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chicago to Kansas City?
The cheapest way from Chicago to Kansas City is by flight, at €60.91 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 26m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Chicago to Kansas City?
The fastest way from Chicago to Kansas City is by flight, at 4h 26m door to door. Only 1h 16m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €60.91.
When should I book Chicago to Kansas City?
Fares from Chicago to Kansas City bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €56.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 96 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Kansas City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Kansas City, at €60.91. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chicago to Kansas City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Kansas City, at €49.11 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Chicago to Kansas City?
8 operators sell services from Chicago to Kansas City across 2 modes: Air Canada, Air Wisconsin, American Airlines, Amtrak, Republic Airways, SkyWest. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chicago to Kansas City?
Every service we sell from Chicago to Kansas City is direct, with around 68 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 26m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Chicago to Kansas City produce?
Traveling from Chicago to Kansas City by train produces about 21.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 167.5 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Chicago to Kansas City use?
Services from Chicago to Kansas City by flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Kansas City MCI. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chicago to Kansas City?
1 of the 8 operators we sell from Chicago to Kansas City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Kansas City on September 15, 2026: 677 km of route against 661 km in a straight line, 68 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €56.19, and 4h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kansas City is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Kansas City and across United States
Day trips that leave Kansas City in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chicago reaches 266 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 12,539 km. Kansas City reaches 56 places in 3 countries, from 216 to 2,420 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chicago
- 266Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 77Operators
Arriving in Kansas City
Leaving Kansas City
- 56Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 20Operators