Cheap flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles from $133

The month of September is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Los Angeles from Kansas City, with most prices found around $253. If you aren’t able to travel during the month of September, then book flights to Los Angeles from Kansas City during October instead. Flights to Los Angeles in October, while not as cheap as those in September, still average around $299.

Our data shows that Thursday is the least expensive day to fly to Los Angeles. Tickets to fly out on this day can be as low as $459. Be sure to avoid booking your departure on a Sunday as prices are generally higher than usual. According to our data, the average ticket price to Los Angeles on Sunday is $573.

Our most recent data shows that the best time of day to fly to Los Angeles is in the afternoon. Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles during this time can be as low as $493. At noon is when there is more demand to fly to Los Angeles, so prices are often more expensive at around $867 per ticket.

Fly from Kansas City to Los Angeles for the best Kansas City - Los Angeles flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Los Angeles from Kansas City when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Los Angeles for around $399 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Los Angeles from Kansas City for as low as $253 on momondo.

There are 4 cabin classes available to choose from on Kansas City to Los Angeles flights. Cabin price and availability will vary by airline so perform a search above to find the right deals for you.

You could potentially save up to 21% on your flight if you consider stops on a Kansas City to Los Angeles flight.

As of August 2026, prices for Kansas City to Los Angeles flights are approximately 9% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Frontier is the most popular carrier operating from Kansas City to Los Angeles

Delta, Southwest and Frontier are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Los Angeles from Kansas City according to our data. Delta is the first choice among our users, with 41% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Los Angeles. Keep in mind that there are 6 different airlines that fly to Los Angeles on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 12% of flights between Kansas City and Los Angeles have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 158 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Tuesday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of delays on this flight route. Saturday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Delta have had the least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 5% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

Denver (DEN) was the most common stop: 91% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Phoenix (PHX) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $204.

Flights connecting via Phoenix (PHX) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 5h 44m.

Phoenix (PHX) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 1h 30m.

As of August 2026, 11 flights take off from Kansas City and land in Los Angeles each day. The most common flight departure time for this route is 7:00AM, with 47% of daily flights taking off in the afternoon.

80 flights are operational weekly from Kansas City to Los Angeles as of August 2026. The most popular departure day for this route is Mon, with 18% of flights per week taking off on this day.