zero hours - they are next to each other
8 hours
12 hours
There is approximately 169 mies between Kansas City, Kansas and Springfield, Missouri. The drive would take about 3 hours to complete.
If it is Kansas City, Missouri, then from about 12 and a half to 15 and a half hours.
It is a nine hour drive.
12 and 1/2 hours
13 hours
Missouri and Kansas share a border, so it is theoretically possible to stand in both states at once. At the other end of the spectrum, it would take you 12 hours to drive from Sikeston MO to St. Francis KS.
The driving distance from Branson, Missouri to Kansas City, Missouri is 209 miles per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 3 hours and 24 minutes.
between 10 and 11 hours
Google Maps estimates the driving time as 3 hours and 13 minutes.