Car Hire in Kansas City - Getting to Kansas City

Many major American carriers serve Kansas City International Airport, though many international travellers may find it more convenient to connect via one of the main east or west coast hubs, or even use Lambert-St Louis International Airport on the other side of the state. There are regional airports in Branson and Jefferson City, offering flights around the state and to and from Kansas City.

There is an extensive road network throughout the state, with Kansas City being on most of them. I-70 leads in from the east (St Louis, Indianapolis and Baltimore) and west (Denver); I-35 from the north (Des Moines and Minneapolis) and southwest (Wichita and Texas); and I-29 from the northwest (Omaha). Other main roads in the state are I-64 (Louisville, Kentucky) and I-44 (Springfield, Illinois).

Kansas City is on Amtrak’s Chicago–St Louis and Chicago–San Francisco routes. Daily services to Chicago take around eight hours, while St Louis can be reached in less than six hours.

Greyhound Lines buses offer cheap but uncomfortable and time-consuming services to destinations throughout the state and cities in the region and beyond.