Flights Albuquerque → Las Vegas
ABQ → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Las Vegas, operated by a Boeing 737-300, has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with average delays of 9.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 413 flights departing from Albuquerque International Sunport, which opened in 1941, heading towards McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, serving over 52 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Albuquerque (ABQ) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 563 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads west for about 781 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of ABQ-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 563 tracked ABQ-LAS flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about ABQ-LAS
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 563 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Las Vegas is 0.18% across 563 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
