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$54 Find Cheap Flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City

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Cheap Flights from Reagan-National to Kansas City (DCA-MCI)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Reagan-National to Kansas City 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 Reagan-National to Kansas City

Sun, Dec 7 - Thu, Dec 11
Frontier Logo
1:00 pm - 7:32 pmDCA-MCI
7h 32m1 stop
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8:33 pm - 12:05 pmMCI-DCA
14h 32m1 stop
$194Frontier
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Mon, Nov 10 - Wed, Nov 12
Frontier Logo
8:15 am - 7:33 pmDCA-MCI
12h 18m1 stop
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6:49 pm - 4:59 pmMCI-DCA
21h 10m1 stop
$198Frontier
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Sat, Oct 25 - Mon, Oct 27
Frontier Logo
7:00 am - 5:55 pmDCA-MCI
11h 55m1 stop
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8:38 pm - 4:59 pmMCI-DCA
19h 21m1 stop
$211Frontier
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Fri, Oct 24 - Mon, Oct 27
Frontier Logo
6:31 pm - 5:55 pmDCA-MCI
24h 24m1 stop
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8:38 pm - 4:59 pmMCI-DCA
19h 21m1 stop
$214Frontier
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Fri, Oct 31 - Fri, Oct 31
Southwest Logo
12:40 pm - 2:25 pmDCA-MCI
2h 45mnonstop
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4:50 pm - 10:00 pmMCI-DCA
4h 10m1 stop
$241Southwest
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Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Feb 24
American Airlines Logo
8:28 am - 10:48 amDCA-MCI
3h 20mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:49 am - 9:29 amMCI-DCA
2h 40mnonstop
$250American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 31 - Fri, Oct 31
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 9:45 amDCA-MCI
4h 45m1 stop
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5:51 pm - 10:59 pmMCI-DCA
4h 08m1 stop
$251Delta
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Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Feb 24
Southwest Logo
3:35 pm - 8:55 pmDCA-MCI
6h 20m1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:40 pm - 10:55 pmMCI-DCA
2h 15mnonstop
$260Southwest
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Thu, Nov 20 - Mon, Nov 24
American Airlines Logo
7:46 am - 9:39 amDCA-MCI
2h 53mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:29 amMCI-DCA
2h 29mnonstop
$262American Airlines
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Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Feb 24
Delta Logo
5:15 pm - 9:22 pmDCA-MCI
5h 07m1 stop
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6:00 am - 2:40 pmMCI-DCA
7h 40m1 stop
$270Delta
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Everything you should know

Our travelers' advice
AI-generated summary based on content written by travel experts
Southwest offers two free checked bags for luggage needs.
DCA is easy to reach via metro, under 30 minutes.
Expert advice
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Top airlines
Frontier
Cheapest • from $194 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
Airline reviews
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 59% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
August
Cheapest • 21% price drop
November
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$194
Overall average: $413
Frontier
Sun 12/7Thu 12/11
DCA - MCI • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$250
Typical prices: $336-$439
American Airlines
Fri 2/20Tue 2/24
DCA - MCI • Non-stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Reagan-National to Kansas City flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Reagan Washington National Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City, 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 Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City is August, where tickets cost $299 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $439 and $418 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City?

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $368, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City, 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 Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 59% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

Expert advice

Expert advice for your flight from Reagan-National to Kansas City

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
Airlines
Southwest

Southwest's new assigned seats offer 34 inches of legroom in extra legroom seats.


Book flights with points and cash for flexibility if points are insufficient.

Read more about Southwestby Blane Bachelor
American Airlines

Consider Main Cabin Extra for early boarding and complimentary drinks on longer flights.


Download the American Airlines app for inflight entertainment access; seatback screens are being removed.

Airports
DCA

DCA is easy to reach via the city’s metro line, taking less than 30 minutes from downtown. Ideal for quick access to flights.

Read more about DCAby Ramsey Qubein
MCI

At MCI, rideshare and taxi options are convenient for reaching Kansas City in 20-30 minutes, ideal for travelers with luggage.

Read more about MCIby John Walton
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Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$54
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City

When to book flights from Reagan-National to Kansas City

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Reagan-National to Kansas City based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City was $54 for a one-way ticket and $194 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Reagan Washington National Airport and Kansas City?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    When flying out of Reagan Washington National Airport you will be using Washington, D.C. Reagan-National. You will be landing at Kansas City, also known as Kansas City.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Delta offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    The Embraer 175 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Reagan Washington National Airport and Kansas City.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    There are nonstop flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City, Southwest or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City are Southwest and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $369 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $412 and an overall rating of 7.2.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    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 Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kansas City from Reagan Washington National Airport 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 Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

    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 to Kansas City with an airline and back to Reagan Washington National Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Reagan Washington National Airport and MCI can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 to Kansas City from Reagan Washington National Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $168 or less one-way and $298 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National to Kansas City.
Find which airlines fly direct from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to Kansas City Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Washington, D.C. Reagan-National to Kansas City

Monday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Friday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

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Direct returns

Kansas City to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National

Monday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Tuesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Wednesday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Thursday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Friday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Saturday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

Sunday

American Airlines, Southwest

American Airlines, Southwest

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Reagan-National to Kansas City

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Reagan-National to Kansas City? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4236 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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mandatory demand customer to check their carry on because not enough people check bags.

6.0 GoodHung, Oct 2025PHX - ABQ
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mandatory demand customer to check their carry on because not enough people check bags.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.

I wish they had movie screens in the headrests. The seats are much improved, more legroom and recently renovated. Bathroom was clean. Staff was outstanding!!

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

After being assaulted by a flight attendant I was then brushed off as oh well because he long braids didn’t mean to whip me in the eye. I have filed complaints and will see. But like any other issue I’ve had with kayak involved it’s been trash. Last time I’ll be using your app

AC sub par. WiFi not working correctly. Ac sucked. Seats very narrow.

Near 4 hour flight with only 1 service. Had to use call button to request water. Internet and power not working until into flight. Internet would stop working during flight.

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

We fly American Airlines quite a bit. And we always fly business class when traveling internationally. We were a bit disappointed with the comfort of this particular plane as well as the entertainment options.

The AA staff person who checked our bags was curt and almost rude. The FA also seemed unhappy doing her job. Overall it was like riding the school bus back in grade school.

They are still charging me after taking 466 and 833 for round trip from AR to to Bradley airport from 19 to 21. Then poor experience. Am hurt and I will say it on social media. Please stay away from this airline. I see in my bank account they are still taking 644. Am trying to stop it. I used to fly United airlines and I suggest that if you don't want extra charges and good service you go back there. American airlines delayed my flight again and I was late for my meeting, no recompensation but charging me over and over.

They changed our Gate 5 times, and concourse twice. Changed our seats twice.

Pitch was very small. Knees were on the seat back in front of me.

Wonderful as usual except for other guests that were unruly and not kept in check by the Crew.

The flight was initially delayed, then cancelled. American Airlines says the cancellation was weather related, though the actual weather was not bad in both Washington and Providence and between. There were very few cancellations that day. In fact, AA2120 from Washington, DC to Boston flew with a minor delay at about the same time. So, the weather somehow affected only this particular flight AA5230. The next available flight was the following morning. The American Airlines refused to reimburse accommodation (hotel at DCA)

Fine. On time, cabin service was fine, bag arrived. All good. Flying into DCA so did not collide with any helicopters, which is also good. Horrid incident that could have and should have been prevented.

Good experience but the snacks are not gluten free, so I cannot eat them.

Too many extra fees, uncomfortable, little leg room. Will not recommend this airline.

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

Frontier is the Walmart of airlines. Frontier has removed adjustability and comfort from their seats to make the flight lighter and save gas. This makes it impossible to sleep on their flights. Their customer service is abysmal. Once, I bought a drink on the plane, and they swiped my credit card on the plane to pay for it. Then I got three weeks of daily notices from my bank telling me they tried to charge the wrong card number over and over again. I tried to call them, but they removed the ability to actually talk to someone that can resolve such a problem from their company to cut corners. The only way to talk to someone in person is to go to the check-in counter at the airport (40 minutes drive from my house). Eventually their system gave up on trying to charge the card, after 21 days of repeated tries. They don't pad their prices even a little to handle customer service issues like missed flights. They also have a blanket policy preventing helping you reschedule a missed flight if their system says you "cancelled" your own flight online. This is a major problem because their website is broken on mobile devices, the only web browser you have at the airport when their gate staff tell you that you have to reschedule your own missed flight online because they can't help you. I tried to reschedule my flight on my android device and instead, their website crashed and "cancelled" my missed flight. When I got to the counter, the agent argued with me for 5 minutes insisting that I intentionally cancelled my own flight (implying I had to buy another flight). She missed the point: the problem was that I could not buy another flight because their website is broken. I left to avoid more conflict with the "customer service" agent. I tried to redress my issue with their only other "customer service" chanel available: the contact form on their website. The response I got was more of the same: you cancelled your own flight, according to our website / computer records, therefore we won't help you. I was trying to explain the problem with their broken website that cost me hundreds of dollars by crashing / malfunctioning and resulting in a cancelled flight, but they only had deaf ears for this problem. Worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will never buy another Frontier flight again, because it is a risky, painful move that I will likely regret often.

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Seats were new and comfortable. Staff was fine. Missed my connection due to weather -which wasn’t their fault- but got no help at all. Gate staff sent me to customer service, which was and stayed unstaffed. Sign with QR code directed me to call or chat. Chat was useless. Call was returned after an hour. No itinerary offered by Frontier could get me home in less than 30 hours. Rebooked with another airline and got a partial refund that came to about 10 percent of what I paid to get home.

Finally a Frontier on time and efficient. I've had problems before with your airline, but this time everything went fine.

The experience was good. No frills but I got there safe and sound and on time.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

sluggish boarding and arrival procedures, fake nice flight attendants, and lots of delays.

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