How far is Branson Missouri from Kansas?

213 miles / 343 km

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Map of driving directions from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO

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Driving distance from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO

The total driving distance from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO is 213 miles or 343 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Kansas City, Kansas. It ends in Branson, Missouri.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Kansas City, KS and Branson, MO.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Kansas City, KS to Branson, MO.

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The driving distance from Kansas City, Missouri to Branson, Missouri is:

209 miles / 336 km

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Map of driving directions from Kansas City, MO to Branson, MO

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The total driving distance from Kansas City, MO to Branson, MO is 209 miles or 336 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Kansas City, Missouri. It ends in Branson, Missouri.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Kansas City, MO to Branson, MO so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Kansas City, MO to Branson, MO based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Kansas City, MO and Branson, MO.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Kansas City, MO to Branson, MO.

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Driving non-stop from Kansas City (Kansas) to Branson

How far is Branson from Kansas City (Kansas)? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 213 miles or 343 km

Driving time: 3 hours, 19 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Kansas City (Kansas) to Branson

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Kansas City, Kansas and Branson, 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: 187 miles or 301 km

Flight time: 52 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 26 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 1/4th 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. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Kansas City (Kansas) to Branson road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Branson, 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: 5 hours 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:

Kansas City (Kansas) to Branson airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Kansas City International Airport (MCI)

Arrival airport: Branson Airport (BKG)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 40 minutes

Getting to your destination: 23 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from MCI to BKG and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 52 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Kansas City (Kansas) to Branson including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 4 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to Branson

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Branson, Missouri. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Branson. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Branson like Fun places to go in Branson. Click the button below to explore Branson in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Branson to Kansas City (Kansas), or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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Is Branson worth the trip?

Whether you spend an entire week exploring the Branson shows and museums, or just visit the surrounding area and make a day trip to Branson, it's definitely worth a visit. Branson is a great family travel destination.

Is Branson close to Kansas City?

There are 185.19 miles from Kansas City to Branson in southeast direction and 209 miles (336.35 kilometers) by car, following the MO 13 and MO 52 route. Kansas City and Branson are 3 hours 22 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop .

What is so great about Branson?

Branson may be famous for its live entertainment, with shows covering just about every genre of music, but there are three other activities that draw millions of visitors — attractions, shopping, and outdoor recreation, including fishing. Branson's attractions are many and varied; museums, go-karts, ziplines, and more.

What state is Branson Missouri close to?

Branson, city, Taney county, southwestern Missouri, U.S., in the Ozark Mountains, 43 miles (69 km) south of Springfield, near the Arkansas state line.