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With the FIFA 2026 World Cup less than a year away, Kansas City International Airport is expected to welcome travelers from around the world but not nonstop from Europe.

That's one destination travelers still can't fly to nonstop from KCI.

"We looked at a flight to Italy, and we had to go to New York in order to get nonstop," Kansas City residents Darrel and Kathryn Duren said. "It would be great, because we might travel more that way."

It's a common complaint. Kansas City residents have to connect through larger airports like Chicago, New York or Atlanta to cross the Atlantic, yet neighboring airports like St. Louis and Indianapolis are adding transatlantic routes.

"I think Kansas City has the potential to be like a huge hub for international flights

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