Kansas City to Salt Lake City runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €125.22 and €148.82, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 30m over 1,530 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€125.22 to €148.82
- 172%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kansas City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:23First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €272.72Mon21
- about €255.61Tue22
- about €265.64Wed23
- about €285.70Thu24
- about €246.17Fri25
- about €265.05Sat26
- about €260.33Sun27
- about €151.18Mon28
- about €184.22Tue29
- about €175.37Wed30
- about €226.70Thu1
- about €230.24Fri2
- about €190.12Sat3
- about €194.84Sun4
- about €125.22Mon5
- about €129.94Tue6
- about €144.10Wed7
- about €174.78Thu8
- about €173.60Fri9
- about €155.31Sat10
- about €160.62Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Salt Lake City for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kansas City to Salt Lake City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €170.6590 days
- €124.0460 days
- €109.2945 days
- €100.4430 days
- €160.6221 days
- €194.8414 days
- €260.337 days
- €265.643 days
- €272.721 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €100.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €272.72, 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.
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 Salt Lake City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,530 km
1,485 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
475,378 → 215,548
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,530 km against 1,485 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Denver, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Minneapolis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
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 Rio Grande Depot
Most of the points near Rio Grande Depot open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kansas City to Salt Lake 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 Kansas City to Salt Lake City?
The fastest journey from Kansas City to Salt Lake City takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 38m, 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 Salt Lake City?
The cheapest fare from Kansas City to Salt Lake City is €125.22, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €208.41. 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 Salt Lake City?
The cheapest way from Kansas City to Salt Lake City is by flight, at €125.22 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 33m 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 Salt Lake City?
Fares from Kansas City to Salt Lake City bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €100.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 172 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 Salt Lake City?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kansas City to Salt Lake City, at €151.18. 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 Salt Lake City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kansas City to Salt Lake City, at €106.93 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 Salt Lake City?
Delta Air Lines publish service areas covering both Kansas City and Salt Lake City, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Kansas City to Salt Lake City?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kansas City to Salt Lake City are direct. The rest connect at Denver, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Kansas City to Salt Lake City use?
Services from Kansas City to Salt Lake City by flight leave from Kansas City International Airport MCI and arrive at Salt Lake City International Airport SLC. 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 Salt Lake City?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kansas City to Salt Lake 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.
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 Salt Lake City on September 20, 2026: 1530 km of route against 1485 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €125.22, and 5h 30m 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. Salt Lake City reaches 90 places in 4 countries, from 41 to 8,153 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kansas City
- 56Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 20Operators
Arriving in Salt Lake City
Leaving Salt Lake City
- 90Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 21Operators