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Plan your trip at Kansas City International Airport

Kansas City, United StatesIATA: MCIICAO: KMCI

Getting to and from Kansas City International Airport: transport, parking, and where to pick someone up or drop them off. Every part links to the full information.

Transport

Where you arrive, with connections and frequency.

All transport to Kansas City International Airport

Parking

  • 4parking areas

All parking areas, with facts for each one

Picking someone up

Where someone gets in and where you can wait or meet.

  • Arrivals curb on the lower level
    • Picking up: permittedPick-up is located on the lower level at the arrivals curb; follow roadway signage for arrivals. When picking up, the traveler must be waiting outside the terminal before you pull curbside, and you may stay only long enough to pick up the traveler. Find out if your traveler has checked any bags; it sometimes takes a little while for bags to reach the baggage carousel.
    • Waiting: not permittedParking your vehicle at the curb while you wait for arriving travelers to emerge from the terminal is not allowed. Unattended vehicles may be ticketed and towed. If you arrive before your traveler is ready for pick-up, plan to park and wait at the free cell phone waiting lot.
  • Cell Phone Waiting LotPark and come inside
    Cell Phone Waiting Lot, 50 Bern St
    • Waiting: permitted · at most 45 minutesFree cell phone waiting lot at 50 Bern St, just a few minutes away from the terminal, with a public restroom. Maximum wait time: 45 minutes. No unattended vehicles; unattended vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.

Each spot lists only the verified actions; anything missing is unknown.

All pickup rules

Dropping someone off

A quick drop-off, or park and come inside.

  • Departures curb on the upper level
    • Dropping off: permittedDrop-off is located on the upper level at the departures curb; follow roadway signage for departures. You may pull to the curb in front of the terminal only long enough to drop off a traveler. Parking on the departures curb is prohibited, and strict federal security directives prohibit parked or unattended vehicles on the roadways in front of the terminal, even for a short time. Unattended vehicles may be ticketed and towed.
  • Arrivals curb on the lower level
    • Waiting: not permittedParking your vehicle at the curb while you wait for arriving travelers to emerge from the terminal is not allowed. Unattended vehicles may be ticketed and towed. If you arrive before your traveler is ready for pick-up, plan to park and wait at the free cell phone waiting lot.
  • Cell Phone Waiting LotPark and come inside
    Cell Phone Waiting Lot, 50 Bern St
    • Waiting: permitted · at most 45 minutesFree cell phone waiting lot at 50 Bern St, just a few minutes away from the terminal, with a public restroom. Maximum wait time: 45 minutes. No unattended vehicles; unattended vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.

Each spot lists only the verified actions; anything missing is unknown.

All drop-off rules

This is a selection of verified information. Check the official sources for additional and current conditions.

SourcesWhere this comes fromChecked on the official websites of the airport and the carriers on October 5, 2026.