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Cheap Flight Deals from Kansas City to Columbus (MCI-CMH)

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

Recent round-trip flight deals from Kansas City to Columbus

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Kansas City to Columbus.
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12:05 pm - 8:09 pmMCI-CMH
7h 04m1 stop
6:15 am - 2:55 pmCMH-MCI
9h 40m1 stop
$242Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Jan 24 - Mon, Jan 27
8:24 pm - 4:17 pmMCI-CMH
18h 53m1 stop
3:58 pm - 10:50 amCMH-MCI
19h 52m2 stops
$269Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Jan 24 - Mon, Jan 27
11:05 am - 8:09 pmMCI-CMH
8h 04m1 stop
6:15 am - 2:55 pmCMH-MCI
9h 40m1 stop
$310Spirit Airlines
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Sun, Feb 2 - Fri, Feb 7
4:04 pm - 8:09 pmMCI-CMH
27h 05m3 stops
9:04 pm - 10:50 amCMH-MCI
14h 46m1 stop
$311Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Jan 24 - Mon, Jan 27
6:15 am - 1:28 pmMCI-CMH
6h 13m1 stop
6:25 am - 10:03 amCMH-MCI
4h 38m1 stop
$358Delta
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Sun, Jan 12 - Sun, Jan 19
2:15 pm - 6:52 pmMCI-CMH
3h 37m1 stop
7:05 pm - 10:53 pmCMH-MCI
4h 48m1 stop
$380Delta
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Thu, May 8 - Mon, May 12
6:37 pm - 11:33 pmMCI-CMH
3h 56m1 stop
4:40 pm - 10:42 pmCMH-MCI
7h 02m1 stop
$428United Airlines
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Sat, May 24 - Mon, May 26
3:03 pm - 10:15 pmMCI-CMH
6h 12m1 stop
6:00 am - 2:29 pmCMH-MCI
9h 29m2 stops
$433United Airlines
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Sun, Jan 12 - Sun, Jan 19
5:45 am - 4:41 pmMCI-CMH
9h 56m2 stops
6:05 am - 2:29 pmCMH-MCI
9h 24m2 stops
$438United Airlines
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Sun, Jan 12 - Sun, Jan 19
11:31 am - 4:41 pmMCI-CMH
4h 10m1 stop
6:30 am - 2:19 pmCMH-MCI
8h 49m1 stop
$482United Airlines
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Tue, Jan 7 - Tue, Jan 14

Flights from Kansas City to Columbus - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kansas City to Columbus 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 Kansas City to Columbus?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kansas City to Columbus Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Kansas City to Columbus, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Kansas City, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

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

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 Columbus Airport, 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 Columbus Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

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November

High season

May

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$118
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking Kansas City to Columbus flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kansas City to Columbus Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kansas City to Columbus Airport was $118 for a one-way ticket and $242 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Kansas City and Columbus?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Kansas City to Columbus. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Kansas City to Columbus?

    When flying out of Kansas City you will be using Kansas City. You will be landing at Columbus, also known as Columbus.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kansas City to Columbus?

    The Boeing 737-700 Passenger/BBJ1 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Kansas City to Columbus flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kansas City to Columbus?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Kansas City and Columbus, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Kansas City to Columbus, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Kansas City to Columbus are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $370 and an overall rating of 8.1, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $397 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 Columbus.

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

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

    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 Columbus with an airline and back to Kansas City with another airline. Booking your flights between Kansas City and CMH 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 Kansas City to Columbus?

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

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Top 5 airlines serving from Kansas City to Columbus

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kansas City to Columbus. 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.
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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4821 reviews
8.7Crew
8.1Comfort
7.2Food
8.2Boarding
7.7Entertainment
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I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

10.0 ExcellentWilliam Drew, Dec 2024SJC - HNL
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I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

Crew was great flight was great baggage claim was a failure. It took over 1 hour for bags to arrive. Poor communication poor effort when I spoke to the supervisor about the delay

Much better than the.last. flight on SW on Thanksgiving day

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

The movies using Southwest WiFi kept pausing and I had to restart multiple times.

It went well. Plane wasn't full. Will be great when assigned seating is in place

Everything was great except the food. The pretzels are really crappy.

For the first time in a long time we had a flawless experience with Southwest. Both flights were early and no mechanical errors at all. We were shocked and pleasantly surprised 😮.

It was fine. For some reason the flight was much longer than usual. It may have been explained, but I had noise cancelling earbuds on and missed a couple of announcements. The crew was fine, but there was a flight attendant who kept telling dumb jokes, occasionally one I found distasteful. This was my second time with him, but luckily it was a late flight so he didn't do as many. But I heard all of today's jokes twice, which was two times too many. Good takeout and landing.

One of the crew performed a hilarious skit to accompany the standard instructions. Passengers enjoyed it so much they applauded at the end!

I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

The dear was very limited in space. I could put my water bottle in seat basket. Also, there was no inflight entertainment in the delta app?

Typically I give delta excellent reviews. Our flight was delayed 2hrs, I was one of the fortunate ones who were able to get to my connecting flight. Also, annoying that on the connecting flight boarding personnel make me put away a small bag into my carryon. It small enough to put in back pocket seat, why hold me and the line up to just push it into my carryon.

Everything was great. Great service, excellent communication, and early arrival

Delta flight attendants poorly managed the boarding process and overhead storage. My bag was checked last minute and no claim ticket was provided. My bag is now lost. Complete incompetence by all flight crew involved.

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

Customer service at the gate in the flight was exceptional. On time. Aircraft and seat was decent. Thanks Delta. 💗

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Great flight. On-time, comfortable, clean aircraft, and offered snacks pre-flight to plan for a potentially turbulent route. I wish there was Wi-Fi an all Delta Aircrafts but for a short flight this is not much of a problem.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

The reason I don’t fly United. No in seat entertainment for a long flight and inconsistent WiFi and entertainment available from my device.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

The planes are so dirty! Food crumbs and finger print smudges, Dust over the vents and carpet stains. It’s disgusting.

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

David went above and beyond to make our flight the best that it could be

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

The bag drop personal were not helpful. There was no food on the flight. Boeing aircraft, lousy as always. Everything else was fine.

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

Other than being delayed 5.5 hours and having to get a hotel because I missed my connecting flight, it was an okay flight. No in-flight Wi-Fi or entertainment.

Flight areas delayed 3 hours , train in the airport didn’t work

Flight attendant walked away once they landed and we were forced to wait another hour after an already 3hr delay.

No overhead space so all carryons were checked. No internet.

The flight was on time and everything went very smoothly.

A thousand choices for movies and nothing to watch. I avoid 'R' rated shows and others with violence and sexual content, which results in a handful of flicks to view and I have them already.

I think I paid for an extra legroom seat and to be honest, there was not a lot of space available for my not very long legs. The flight was totally full and the staff did everything possible to meet the needs of all passengers. My only concern was for the size and spacing of my seat.

Two issues. The plane was old and dirty. The armrest looked like an old car that had the vinyl rubbed off. The Seats in these aircraft are about as hard and uncomfortable. I want to tour Italy for a month and I want to buy a one-way ticket to Thailand but I will not sit in the seats these planes have. It is seriously stupid how hard they are.

The meals were mediocre and the alcohol selection was poor. I enjoyed the selection of movies and other entertainment.

I chatted with the captain before the flight, and similarly during the welcome announcement, he warned of a turbulent flight that may impact the in-flight service. However, once at altitude, he announced that the weather changed and he immediately turned off the seatbelt sign. But it appeared the cabin crew had already decided to take off this flight. They remained seated and then just chatted in the galley. The flight was fully catered, but only first class received service.

I was comfortable because I upgraded. I would not have been comfortable in economy. It was a short flight so there was limited food service and no inflight entertainment.

I thought since I upgraded my seat I would get some perks. Free water, free snacks. Free carry on luggage.

Seats were surprisingly comfortable, and crew was polite. I did not like the baggage fee prices, the minimal amount of flight choices for my area and the difficulty of the self service bag drop.

Lost MacBook, had time to retrieve, but was told I had no time. Need Silver MacBook back

It’s ridiculous to pay for carry-on luggage. I also wasn’t given an option to specify I have carry on bag at time of ticket purchase. I also could not specify I have carry on luggage at time of online check-in.

I’ve now flown Spirit a few times and while the general perception of Spirit I feel is poor, I’ve had a great experience each time. They do charge extra for everything but you should know that going in

The people were wonderful, but I hated the way they over charged for luggage, especially for stops which were charged the same as starting point to final destination.

First time flying Spirit and I was pleasantly surprised. Service was as advertised. Crew were very professional and friendly and excellent in dealing with a customer who felt ill on the flight.

Delayed fight LAS to LAX. OK, fog in LA, not your fault. But all your staff, onboard in in lounge, speak so fast, enunciate so poorly and often have a accent that it is impossible to understanding anything they are saying.

Very mean staff. No entertainment.. No WiFi, a baby cried for over 3 hours no staff offer to assist. My son $500 computer screen got damaged under the plane due to force check in of my bag. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Kansas City to Columbus found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/20Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 09mMCI-CMH
$118
1/16Thu
1 stopDelta
4h 59mMCI-CMH
$179
12/25Wed
1 stopFrontier
28h 24mMCI-CMH
$192
3/23Sun
1 stopDelta
6h 33mMCI-CMH
$201
1/19Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
9h 56mMCI-CMH
$219
3/16Sun
1 stopDelta
4h 23mMCI-CMH
$229
1/18Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
8h 29mMCI-CMH
$241
6/17Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
10h 55mMCI-CMH
$269
1/16Thu
2 stopsSouthwest
12h 55mMCI-CMH
$280
12/25Wed
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
18h 38mMCI-CMH
$340

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Last minute flights from Kansas City to Columbus

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Kansas City to Columbus that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/24Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 45mMCI-CMH
12/26Thu
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 00mCMH-MCI
$728
12/22Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
5h 40mMCI-CMH
12/24Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
3h 25mCMH-MCI
$814
12/21Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 39mMCI-CMH
12/22Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
5h 03mCMH-MCI
$818
12/22Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 13mMCI-CMH
12/24Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 38mCMH-MCI
$823
12/22Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 48mMCI-CMH
12/24Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 09mCMH-MCI
$938
12/22Sun
multi-stop
24h 17mMCI-CMH
12/24Tue
multi-stop
29h 15mCMH-MCI
$950
12/21Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
8h 44mMCI-CMH
12/22Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 32mCMH-MCI
$1,035
12/22Sun
multi-stop
16h 34mMCI-CMH
12/24Tue
multi-stop
29h 15mCMH-MCI
$1,053
12/21Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
8h 44mMCI-CMH
12/22Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
29h 25mCMH-MCI
$1,116
12/24Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 25mMCI-CMH
12/26Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
26h 47mCMH-MCI
$1,173

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