Flights Oakland → Las Vegas
OAK → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Las Vegas operates with a mix of aircraft including Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-300. With an on-time performance rate of 71%, the flights experience an average delay of 15 minutes, based on a total of 793 recorded flights. The destination airport sees over 52 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest in the country.
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 Oakland (OAK) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1189 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (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 Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads east for about 654 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of OAK-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,189 tracked OAK-LAS flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about OAK-LAS
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 1189 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Las Vegas is 0.67% across 1189 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Spirit Airlines, 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.
