3 miles / 5 km driving
3 miles / 5 km flying
Map of distance from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO
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Distance from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO
The total driving distance from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO is 3 miles or 5 kilometers.
The total straight line flight distance from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO is 3 miles.
This is equivalent to 5 kilometers or 2 nautical miles.
Your trip begins in Kansas City, Kansas. It ends in Kansas City, Missouri.
Your flight direction from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO is Southeast (113 degrees from North).
The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.
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Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.
Flight distance: 3 miles or 5 km
Flight time: 30 minutes
The straight line flight distance is 0 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/0th of the time it would take to drive.
This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination.
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Kansas City (Missouri), and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.
Road trip: 1 day of driving
With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.
Travel time: 8 minutes on the road
Itinerary
Start in Kansas City (Kansas).
To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:
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What's the distance to Kansas City from me?
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