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Kansas City to New York

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kansas City to New York. From €135.84, fastest 5h 51m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kansas City to New York runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:47. One passenger pays between €135.84 and €147.05, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 51m over 1,813 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€135.84 to €147.05

  • 170%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kansas City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 20:47Last departure
  • 40Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €317.56Mon21
  2. about €259.74Tue22
  3. about €279.21Wed23
  4. about €286.88Thu24
  5. about €266.82Fri25
  6. about €270.36Sat26
  7. about €255.61Sun27
  8. about €175.37Mon28
  9. about €172.42Tue29
  10. about €186.58Wed30
  11. about €214.31Thu1
  12. about €199.56Fri2
  13. about €205.46Sat3
  14. about €189.53Sun4
  15. about €137.02Mon5
  16. about €135.84Tue6
  17. about €145.28Wed7
  18. about €179.50Thu8
  19. about €165.34Fri9
  20. about €170.06Sat10
  21. about €157.67Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into New York. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in New York for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from New York Penn Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Kansas City to New York

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €177.7390 days
  2. €146.4660 days
  3. €119.3245 days
  4. €117.5530 days
  5. €157.6721 days
  6. €189.5314 days
  7. €255.617 days
  8. €279.213 days
  9. €317.561 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €117.55.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 170 percent. The most expensive point is €317.56, 1 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.
€317.56€117.55137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kansas City to New York and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,813 km

1,760 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

475,3788,804,190

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

CanadaTorontoTorontoChicagoChicagoMontrealMontrealDallasDallasOttawaOttawaCharlotteCharlotteDenverDenverWashington D.C.Washington D.C.NashvilleNashvilleOklahoma CityOklahoma CityBostonBostonDetroitDetroitMemphisMemphisLouisvilleLouisvilleHamiltonHamiltonAlbuquerqueAlbuquerqueKansas CityKansas CityNew York CityNew York CityMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey 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 1,813 km against 1,760 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near New York Penn Station

Most of the points near New York Penn Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Kansas City to New York

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 Kansas City to New York?

The fastest journey from Kansas City to New York takes 5h 51m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 3m, 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 Kansas City to New York?

The cheapest fare from Kansas City to New York is €135.84, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €243.81. 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 Kansas City to New York?

The cheapest way from Kansas City to New York is by flight, at €135.84 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 51m 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.

When should I book Kansas City to New York?

Fares from Kansas City to New York bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €117.55. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 170 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kansas City to New York?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kansas City to New York, at €172.42. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kansas City to New York?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kansas City to New York, at €118.73 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 Kansas City to New York?

Delta Air Lines, Endeavor Air, Republic Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines publish service areas covering both Kansas City and New York, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Kansas City to New York?

Every service we sell from Kansas City to New York is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 51m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Kansas City to New York use?

Services from Kansas City to New York by flight leave from Kansas City International Airport MCI and arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK. 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 Kansas City to New York?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Kansas City to New York 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kansas City to New York on September 20, 2026: 1813 km of route against 1760 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €135.84, and 5h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Kansas City reaches 56 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 216 to 2,420 km. New York reaches 281 places in 79 countries, from 19 to 15,339 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kansas City

  • 56Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 20Operators

Arriving in New York

Leaving New York

  • 281Places you can leave for
  • 79Countries
  • 123Operators

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