Direct Flights from Kansas City to San Antonio
Nonstop service from MCI to SAT on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
Southwest
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
708 mi
Days operated
Daily (all week)
About San Antonio
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. The Greater San Antonio metropolitan area, with an estimated 2.76 million residents, ranks as the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest in the nation. It is the county seat of Bexar County.
Top things to do in San Antonio
- The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States.
- San Fernando Cathedral also called the Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe is a cathedral of the Catholic Church located in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States.
- The San Antonio Zoo is a 57-acre (23 ha) zoo located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas is an amusement park in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It opened on March 14, 1992, in the La Cantera master-planned development and district as the first business in that development.
- The Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest commercial caverns in the US state of Texas.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day San Antonio, Texas.
- SeaWorld San Antonio is a 416-acre (168 ha) marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, on the city's west side.
- The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is an art museum in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The museum spans 5,000 years of global culture.
- The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in Texas.
- Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is an historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera.
- The San Antonio Botanical Garden is a 41-acre (17 ha), non-profit botanical garden in San Antonio, Texas, United States, and the city's official botanical garden.
- The Cave Without a Name is a limestone solutional cave in the Texas Hill Country region of Central Texas. It is a National Natural Landmark.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Planning a trip to San Antonio
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit San Antonio is December–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–76°F.
- How long to stay
- San Antonio rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Tower of the Americas, Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio), and San Antonio Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Kansas City to San Antonio?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Kansas City (MCI) to San Antonio (SAT) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Kansas City to San Antonio?
- Southwest flies nonstop between Kansas City (MCI) and San Antonio (SAT).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Kansas City to San Antonio?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Kansas City to San Antonio.
- How far is San Antonio from Kansas City?
- San Antonio is about 708 miles from Kansas City by air.
- What is there to do in San Antonio?
- Popular things to do include Tower of the Americas, Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio), San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and more.
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