There are 9 ways to get from Kansas City to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)MCI - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
10h 26m$224–1,142Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)MCI - MCE
8h 25m$111–553Bus
- Take the bus from Kansas City Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
39h 45m$188–452Train, bus
- Take the train from Kansas City to Los AngelesSouthwest Chief
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to MercedFlixBus 2007
43h$195–328Drive 1,707 mi
- Drive from Kansas City to Merced1,707 mi
28h 53m$312–450Fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)MCI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
9h 44m$254–443Fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)MCI - OAK
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
10h 26m$350–536Fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)MCI - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
11h 24m$150–418Fly to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)MCI - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Merced
10h 35m$162–739
Kansas City to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to fly and BART and bus which costs $150 - $420 and takes 11h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs $110 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Kansas City station to Merced. However, there are services departing from Kansas City Bus Station and arriving at Merced via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 45m.
The distance between Kansas City and Merced is 1461 miles. The road distance is 1716.9 miles.
The best way to get from Kansas City to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 39h 45m and costs $180 - $460.
It takes approximately 10h 26m to get from Kansas City to Merced, including transfers.
Kansas City to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Kansas City Bus Station.
The best way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to bus which takes 39h 45m and costs $180 - $460. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $110 - $600 and takes 8h 25m.
Kansas City to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Denver Union Station.
Merced is 2h behind Kansas City. It is currently 4:24 PM in Kansas City and 2:24 PM in Merced.
What companies run services between Kansas City, MO, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Kansas City Bus Station to Merced via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Sacramento Bus Station in around 39h 45m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and two other airlines fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 3 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Kansas City to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via St. Louis, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Kansas City to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Kansas City Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–19
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–19
- Titanium
- $7–19
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