How far is Wichita, Kansas from me by plane

What's the distance to Wichita from me?

 driving distance in miles

Compare the distances and find out how far are we from Wichita by plane or car.

 flight distance in miles

 Travel time to Wichita, KS

How long does it take to drive?

This depends on how many miles Wichita is from your current location, and takes into account average driving times with traffic and highways or local roads.

How long does it take to fly?

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

How far is Kansas City (Kansas) from Wichita? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 199 miles or 320 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 56 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

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

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Wichita, Kansas and Kansas City, Kansas. 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: 177 miles or 284 km

Flight time: 51 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 22 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 1/3th 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.

Wichita to Kansas City (Kansas) road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Kansas City (Kansas), 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: 4 hours on the road

Itinerary

Start in Wichita.

Drive for about 33 minutes, then stop in El Dorado and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Toledo (Kansas) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 60 minutes then stop in Scranton (Kansas) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 47 minutes then stop in Lawrence and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 42 minutes and arrive 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:

Wichita to Kansas City (Kansas) 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: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT)

Arrival airport: Kansas City International Airport (MCI)

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: 18 minutes

Getting to your destination: 40 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from ICT to MCI 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: 51 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Wichita to Kansas City (Kansas) 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:

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 Kansas City (Kansas) to Wichita, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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