Direct Flights from Kansas City to New York
Nonstop service from MCI to LGA, EWR and JFK on Delta, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
New York has 3 airports with nonstop service from Kansas City. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗MCILGALaGuardia
- Find flights ↗MCIEWRNewark Liberty International
- Find flights ↗MCIJFKJohn F. Kennedy International
How rare is this nonstop?
New York is one of the best-connected places in the country: 113 cities fly there nonstop, Kansas City among them.
How long to go to New York for, from Kansas City
2h 45m in the air, 1,105 miles. That is a long weekend without much friction, though three nights beats two once you add the airport time at both ends.
With roughly 7 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About New York
New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in New York
- The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
- Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States.
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
- The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
- The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.
- The Juilliard School is a private conservatory for performing arts in New York City, United States.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church.
- The Bronx Zoo is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and the largest metropolitan zoo, comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalis…
- The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen in New York City.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
New York weather, compared with Kansas City
Within 3° of Kansas City on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- New York 40°F · Kansas City 38°F · 2° warmer
- April
- New York 59°F · Kansas City 66°F · 6° colder
- July
- New York 84°F · Kansas City 88°F · 4° colder
- October
- New York 65°F · Kansas City 67°F · 2° colder
January bottoms out near 40°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to New York
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit New York is May–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 65–78°F.
- How long to stay
- New York rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Central Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Kansas City to New York?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Kansas City (MCI) to New York (LGA, EWR, JFK) on Delta, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Kansas City to New York?
- Delta, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Kansas City (MCI) and New York (LGA, EWR, JFK).
- Which New York airports can I fly to nonstop from Kansas City?
- New York has 3 airports with nonstop service from Kansas City: LGA (LaGuardia) on Delta, Southwest; EWR (Newark Liberty International) on United; JFK (John F. Kennedy International) on Delta.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Kansas City to New York?
- There are about 7 nonstop departures per day (roughly 49 per week) from Kansas City to New York.
- How far is New York from Kansas City?
- New York is about 1,105 miles from Kansas City by air.
- What is there to do in New York?
- Popular things to do include Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Museum of Modern Art, and more.
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