Direct Flights from Washington to Kansas City
Kansas City · Missouri
Nonstop service from DCA, BWI and IAD to MCI on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Washington has 3 airports with nonstop service to Kansas City. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗DCAMCIRonald Reagan Washington National
- Find flights ↗BWIMCIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
- Find flights ↗IADMCIWashington Dulles International
How rare is this nonstop?
45 cities have a nonstop to Kansas City, Washington among them.
How long to go to Kansas City for, from Washington
2h 25m in the air, 947 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Kansas City. Two nights works.
With roughly 9 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 Kansas City
Kansas City is a major Midwestern metropolitan area that spreads across the border of Missouri and Kansas. It is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists. Reputed to have more boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any other city in the world except for Rome, it can be a beautiful city, too. It is unique in that it is split down the middle by the state line of Kansas and Missouri.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Kansas City
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art.
- The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S.
- The National World War I Museum and Memorial is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
- The Spencer Museum of Art is an art museum operated by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
- The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre (82 ha) zoo founded in 1909 and is located in Swope Park at 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States.
- The American Jazz Museum is located in the 18th and Vine historic district of Kansas City, Missouri.
- The Cathedral of Saint Peter is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Kansas City, Kansas, United States and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
- The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. Along with the Cathedral of St. Joseph it is the seat of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
- SubTropolis is a business complex located inside of a 14,000,000-square-foot (1,300,000 m2) limestone mine in the bluffs north of the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Liberty Jail is a historical jail in Liberty, Missouri, United States, which served as the county jail of Clay County, Missouri between December 1834 and 1853.
- The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is part of the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, a KU designated research center dedicated to the study of the life of the planet.
- Worlds of Fun is a 235-acre (95 ha) theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Operated by Enchanted Parks, the park features 43 attractions.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Kansas City weather, compared with Washington
Within 1° of Washington 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
- Kansas City 38°F · Washington 43°F · 4° colder
- April
- Kansas City 66°F · Washington 67°F · much the same
- July
- Kansas City 88°F · Washington 88°F · much the same
- October
- Kansas City 67°F · Washington 68°F · much the same
January bottoms out near 38°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 Kansas City
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Kansas City is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 66–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Kansas City rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, and National World War I Museum and Memorial and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Washington to Kansas City?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (DCA, BWI, IAD) to Kansas City (MCI) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Kansas City?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Washington (DCA, BWI, IAD) and Kansas City (MCI).
- Which Washington airports have nonstop flights to Kansas City?
- You can leave from 3 Washington airports: DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American, Southwest; BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest; IAD (Washington Dulles International) on United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Kansas City?
- There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Washington to Kansas City.
- How far is Kansas City from Washington?
- Kansas City is about 947 miles from Washington by air.
- What is there to do in Kansas City?
- Popular things to do include Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National World War I Museum and Memorial, Spencer Museum of Art, and more.
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