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KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from California to Missouri.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Missouri is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from California to Missouri with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from California to Missouri up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

California and Missouri are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Southwest (70 flights per week), United Airlines (35 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (21 flights per week).

There are 8 airports in Missouri. The busiest airport is St. Louis Lambert Airport (STL), with 47% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Missouri is Kansas City Airport (MCI), with an average flight price of $300.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Missouri is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $405. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $552 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Missouri is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $331 on average. Morning departures are around 3% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Missouri is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $562.

The cheapest ticket to Missouri from California found in the last 5 days was to Kansas City, at $221 round-trip. The most popular route is Burbank (BUR) to St. Louis (STL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $246.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Missouri is September, when tickets cost $191 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $284 and $273 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Missouri, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Missouri from 5 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 231 direct flights each week.

There are around 46 direct flights from within California to Missouri every day. Most flights (53%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 321 direct flights from within California to Missouri. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Missouri takes 5h 13m, covering a distance of 1477 miles. The shortest route is Las Vegas (LAS) to Kansas City (MCI) with an average flight time of 2h 40m.

Each week, there are 29 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 292 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Missouri. There aren't any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Kansas City (56% of total searches to Missouri). The next most popular destinations are St. Louis (31%) and Springfield (9%). Searches for flights to Columbia (2%), to Joplin (2%) and to Branson (0%) are also popular.