There are 10 ways to get from Kansas City to Merced by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound), 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)plane MCI - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno to Mercedbus
9h 58m$197–920Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane MCI - MCE
8h 31m$86–383Train, bus
- Take the train from Kansas City to Los Angelestrain Southwest Chief
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus Greyhound US0810 / ...
42h 40m$557–1,192Bus
- Take the bus from Kansas City to Tulsabus
- Take the bus from Tulsa Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
45h 20m$350–659Drive 1,707 mi
- Drive from Kansas City to Mercedcar 1,707 mi
29h 3m$312–450Fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane MCI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
10h 37m$277–1,252Fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MCI - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
11h 9m$152–685Fly to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)plane MCI - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Mercedbus
10h 7m$203–841Fly to Bishop Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Bishop Airport (BIH)plane MCI - BIH
- Take the bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Tavern Rd / Old Mammoth Rdbus
- Take the bus from Mammoth Lakes Park & Ride to Curry Villagebus
- Take the bus from Curry Village to Merced Amtrakbus
16h 7m$228–835Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MCI - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
13h 4m$262–703
Kansas City to Merced by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to fly which costs $85 - $390 and takes 8h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 31m and costs $85 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Kansas City to Merced. However, there are services departing from Kansas City and arriving at Merced Bus Stop via Tulsa Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 20m.
The distance between Kansas City and Merced is 1464 miles. The road distance is 1716.9 miles.
The best way to get from Kansas City to Merced without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 40m and costs $550 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 9h 58m to get from Kansas City to Merced, including transfers.
Kansas City to Merced bus services, operated by Jefferson Lines, depart from Kansas City station.
The best way to get from Kansas City to Merced is to bus which takes 45h 20m and costs $350 - $700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $85 - $390 and takes 8h 31m.
Kansas City to Merced bus services, operated by Jefferson Lines, arrive at Tulsa station.
Merced is 2h behind Kansas City. It is currently 1:38 PM in Kansas City and 11:38 AM in Merced.
What companies run services between Kansas City, MO, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Kansas City to Merced Bus Stop via Tulsa Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station in around 45h 20m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and four other airlines fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Kansas City to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Kansas City to Bishop Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–410
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Kansas City to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Kansas City to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–410
Flights from Kansas City to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Kansas City to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- eplasales@eplalimo.com
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $26–40
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- 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
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–20
- Titanium
- $8–21
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Tulsa Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–480
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Kansas City to Tulsa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $60–90
- 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
- +1 760-872-1901
- info@estransit.com
- Website
- estransit.com
Bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Tavern Rd / Old Mammoth Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
- Phone
- +1 877-989-2787
- tickets@yarts.com
- Website
- yarts.com
Bus from Mammoth Lakes Park & Ride to Curry Village
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://www.yarts.com
Bus from Curry Village to Merced Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25
- Website
- https://www.yarts.com
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