Flights Las Vegas → Los Angeles
LAS → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with the average delay being 7.7 minutes. This busy route, which operates with a variety of aircraft including the Pilatus PC-12 and Boeing 737 series, serves one of the oldest airports in its destination city, which opened in 1926 and currently handles over seventy-six 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 Las Vegas (LAS) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2843 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south-west for about 380 km, a flight time of roughly 54m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of LAS-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,843 tracked LAS-LAX flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAS-LAX
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 2843 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-Los Angeles is 1.51% across 2843 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 5 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Los Angeles, 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.
