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Fairway

Fairway is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States.

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The place

Fairway is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is included in the Kansas City metropolitan area census designation and the Shawnee Mission postal services designation. As of the 2020 United States census, the city population was 4,170.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fairway

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art. In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum's new Bloch Building number one on its list of "The 10 Best Architectural Marvels" which considered candidates from around the globe.

    4.8 km · art museum in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    T-Mobile Center

    T-Mobile Center is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of 14th Street and Grand Boulevard on the east side of the Power & Light District.

    9.2 km · Multi-use indoor arena in Kansas City, MO (United States) · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph

    The Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph is a diocese of the Catholic Church in northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

    8.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Missouri, USA · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    National World War I Memorial

    The National World War I Museum and Memorial is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial, it was designated by the United States Congress in 2004 as the country's official museum dedicated to World War I. In 2014, as part of the Centennial recognition, Congress added the designation as the country's official war memorial.

    7.3 km · memorial in Kansas City to World War I dead · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    University of Missouri–Kansas City

    The University of Missouri–Kansas City is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and includes a medical school and a law school.

    4.8 km · American public university · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    One Kansas City Place

    One Kansas City Place is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and Main Street to the east.

    9.3 km · building in Kansas City, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Rockhurst University

    Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

    5 km · Private university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Kansas City Zoo

    The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre zoo founded in 1909 and is located in Swope Park at 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. The zoo has a Friends of the Zoo program to help promote the work of the zoo which sees over one million visitors a year.

    9.1 km · zoo in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

    The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to men's college basketball. The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, located at the T-Mobile Center.

    9.3 km · college basketball hall of fame in Kansas City, Missouri · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kansas City Power and Light Building

    The Kansas City Power and Light Building is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It was constructed by Kansas City Power and Light President and Edison Pioneer, Joseph F. Porter in 1931 as a way to promote new jobs in Downtown Kansas City.

    9 km · historic building in Kansas City · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Fairway

Airports
Kansas City (MCI), 32 km · Eppley Airfield (OMA), 275 km · Des Moines (DSM), 291 km
Stations
Union Station, 7.8 km
  • Omaha → Fairway
    272 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · $25–34
  • Des Moines → Fairway
    300 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · $26–36
  • Tulsa → Fairway
    341 km · quickest by road, 5h 53m · $33–45
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fairway

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fairway. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inKansas City is served by many charter bus services, and sits on several major highways.

From Wikivoyage: Kansas City Area, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,839 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    2,209 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,341 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,451 km
  5. 05
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,464 km

If you know how people move in Fairway – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Fairway

Fairway is 9 km from Kansas City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.