Flights Las Vegas → New York
LAS → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to New York operates with an 80% on-time performance rate, with the average delay being approximately fifteen minutes. The route sees a total of 866 flights annually and is served by various aircraft models including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 757, and Boeing 767, connecting one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1948 and handles over sixty-two million passengers per year.
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) → New York (JFK) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways. Across 1080 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York 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 New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to New York (JFK) heads east for about 3,609 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 56m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 56% of LAS-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,080 tracked LAS-JFK flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.9% 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% |
| Hawaiian Airlines (HA) | 78% | 11 min | 1.5% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAS-JFK
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1080 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-New York is 2.87% across 1080 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 6 airlines: American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways.
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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.
