New York (LGA) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 1,782 km
- 1,107 mi · 962 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 16 min / 2 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → MCI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 224 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (132 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 331,083
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.3%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 71%
- 469,475 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, DL, YX
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from LGA
- 272°
- Heading from MCI
- 78°
- Halfway point
- 40.51, -84.41
- Great-circle km
- 1,778 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → MCI
- 2 h 43 min
- In the air MCI → LGA
- 2 h 20 min
- Clocks
- Kansas City is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 28,300 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,786 |
| Oct 2025 | 29,337 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,332 |
| Dec 2025 | 27,974 |
| Jan 2026 | 18,281 |
| Feb 2026 | 16,111 |
| Mar 2026 | 26,192 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,706 |
| May 2026 | 31,653 |
| Jun 2026 | 37,042 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,369 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 288 |
| Sep 2025 | 282 |
| Oct 2025 | 287 |
| Nov 2025 | 271 |
| Dec 2025 | 269 |
| Jan 2026 | 266 |
| Feb 2026 | 239 |
| Mar 2026 | 302 |
| Apr 2026 | 328 |
| May 2026 | 332 |
| Jun 2026 | 342 |
| Jul 2026 | 326 |
Airlines flying LGA–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 30 | 51% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 35 | 47% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.3 | 1% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 1.1 | 1% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1,272 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 796 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 540 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 487 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 296 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 66 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 58 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 15 flights
Also carried: 178 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,644
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74.2% | 24 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 71.3% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 72.7% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 24% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $330
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $306
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 59% of passengers · $352
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 37% of passengers · $298
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $288 · Q3 2025 $288 · Q4 2025 $325 · Q1 2026 $330).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,778 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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