$58 Find Cheap Flights from Kansas City to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Kansas City

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$118
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$228
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$163
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$218
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$289
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$267
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$406
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$234
Arcata
Arcata2 stops$541
Reno
Reno1 stop$251
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$175
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$118
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$228
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$163
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$218
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$289
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$267
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$406
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$234
Arcata
Arcata2 stops$541
Reno
Reno1 stop$251
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$175

Cheap Flights from Kansas City to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Kansas City to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Kansas City to California

Wed, Jul 23 - Tue, Jul 29
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:40 amMCI-LAX
3h 40mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:02 pm - 12:12 amLAX-MCI
3h 10mnonstop
$118Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Jul 12 - Sat, Jul 19
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:40 amMCI-LAX
3h 40mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 1:44 pmLAX-MCI
3h 09mnonstop
$120Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jul 22 - Thu, Jul 24
American Airlines Logo
2:28 pm - 6:34 pmMCI-SMF
6h 06m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 9:53 amSMF-MCI
7h 58m1 stop
$207American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 6 - Sat, Sep 13
American Airlines Logo
10:46 am - 6:11 pmMCI-SMF
9h 25m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:32 pm - 11:07 pmSMF-MCI
6h 35m1 stop
$212American Airlines
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Mon, Sep 15 - Sat, Sep 20
Delta Logo
6:15 pm - 11:53 pmMCI-SFO
7h 38m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:00 am - 5:23 pmSFO-MCI
5h 23m1 stop
$237Delta
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Tue, Jul 22 - Thu, Jul 24
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 11:53 amMCI-SMF
6h 53m1 stop
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 2:45 pmSMF-MCI
6h 45m1 stop
$237Delta
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Fri, Aug 15 - Wed, Aug 20
Southwest Logo
6:05 pm - 7:30 pmMCI-LAX
3h 25mnonstop
Southwest Logo
2:50 pm - 10:10 pmLAX-MCI
5h 20m1 stop
$251Southwest
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Fri, Sep 12 - Thu, Sep 18
Southwest Logo
1:45 pm - 6:25 pmMCI-SAN
6h 40m1 stop
Southwest Logo
4:30 pm - 9:40 pmSAN-MCI
3h 10mnonstop
$253Southwest
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Fri, Jul 18 - Wed, Jul 23
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:39 amMCI-SMF
5h 39m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:45 pm - 9:13 amSMF-MCI
7h 28m1 stop
$272United Airlines
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Fri, Jul 18 - Wed, Jul 23
United Airlines Logo
5:15 pm - 11:59 pmMCI-SMF
8h 44m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
4:15 pm - 11:31 pmSMF-MCI
5h 16m1 stop
$278United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Kansas City to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kansas City to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Kansas City to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Kansas City to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Kansas City found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $100 round-trip. The most popular route is from Kansas City (MCI) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $100.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Kansas City to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $622 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kansas City to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Kansas City to California is September, when tickets cost $165 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $396 and $367 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kansas City to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kansas City to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Kansas City to California, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Kansas City, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Kansas City to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Kansas City to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$58
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Kansas City to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking California flights

  • What are some common layovers on the route from Kansas City to California?

    When flying from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) to various destinations in California, you might find direct flights to major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. However, for smaller California destinations or if you're seeking more economical options, common layover airports could include Denver International Airport (DEN), Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), or Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). These layover points often depend on the airline and the specific destination in California.

  • If I want to visit Disneyland, which airport should I fly to?

    For a trip to Disneyland in California, the most convenient airport is John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County. Located just a short drive from Disneyland, it offers an easier and often less crowded alternative to the larger Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Another good option is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is also relatively close and offers a more relaxed travel experience compared to Los Angeles Airport. Both airports provide access to Disneyland with various ground transportation options, including shuttles, taxis, and car rentals.

  • How can I make my flight from Kansas City to California more sustainable?

    To reduce the environmental impact of your flight, consider flying with airlines that prioritize sustainability. Airlines like Southwest, which operates routes from Kansas City to various California destinations, are known for their efficient fleet and environmental initiatives. Choosing direct flights when possible can help minimize carbon emissions, as the most fuel is consumed during takeoffs and landings.

  • On flights from Kansas City to California, which airlines offer onboard Wi-Fi, and are there charges for using it?

    For flights departing from Kansas City International Airport to California, airlines like Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines commonly provide Wi-Fi onboard. The approach to Wi-Fi services varies among these carriers. Southwest Airlines usually offers Wi-Fi at a nominal fee, while Delta Air Lines and American Airlines may have different pricing structures based on the length of the flight and the type of internet package.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kansas City to California?

    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 Kansas City to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kansas City to California?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kansas City to California?

    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 Kansas City to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kansas City to California?

    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 Kansas City to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $214 on average. Morning departures are around 31% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $481.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Kansas City to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $103 one-way - $233 round-trip; Los Angeles $120 one-way - $160 round-trip
  • Your journey from Kansas City to California begins at Kansas City International Airport (MCI). While this airport isn't a major hub for any specific airline, it is served by several carriers, including Southwest Airlines, which has a significant number of flights from this airport. You'll find both direct and connecting flight options to various destinations in California.
  • Select your arrival airport based on your California destination: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for Southern California, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the Bay Area, Sacramento International Airport (SMF) for the state's capital area, San Diego International Airport (SAN) for the San Diego area, or John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County for the Disneyland area and coastal attractions.
  • Southwest Airlines provides frequent direct flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco, making it a popular choice for travelers. For Northern California destinations like Sacramento, airlines such as Delta Air Lines and United Airlines offer a variety of flight options, including some direct flights and others with layovers.
  • For families flying from Kansas City to California, Kansas City International Airport provides amenities like nursing rooms and family restrooms for convenience. Airlines like Southwest Airlines, serving this route, often include family pre-boarding and in-flight entertainment suitable for children.
  • For enhanced comfort on your flight, especially on longer routes, consider upgrading your seat. Airlines like Delta and United Airlines offer premium seating with added benefits such as extra legroom, priority boarding, and improved in-flight services. Look for upgrade options when booking or keep an eye out for promotional upgrade offers.

Top 5 airlines serving from Kansas City to California

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4287 reviews
7.1Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.6Entertainment
8.6Crew
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LGB - SMF
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

Crew was pleasant; flight was on time. Paid extra for early bird check-in and still got B boarding.

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

Your crew is a representation of your Standards and Values. The crew from Seattle to LAX, was very disappointing. The crew was more interested in hanging out at the lobby area. Talking, laughing loudly and eating all the snacks. They did not do regular rounds to see if customers needed anything. This was a huge disappointment. I will no longer be flying with your airlines moving forward.

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

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