Flights Las Vegas → Anchorage
LAS → ANC
How long is the flight from Las Vegas to Anchorage?
The flight from Las Vegas (LAS) to Anchorage (ANC) takes about 5h 3m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to Anchorage has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 60%, with an average delay of 16.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 35 flights along this route, serving a destination airport that annually handles approximately 4,901,000 passengers.
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 Las Vegas (LAS) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 205 flights monitored in recent months, 57% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to Anchorage (ANC) heads north-west for about 3,703 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 3m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 85% of LAS-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Anchorage it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 205 tracked LAS-ANC flights, 57% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAS-ANC
The flight from Las Vegas (LAS) to Anchorage (ANC) takes about 5h 3m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 57% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 205 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-Anchorage is 1.46% across 205 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Anchorage, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
