Flights Salt Lake City → Las Vegas
SLC → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas operates with an 80% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 7.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 976 flights using a mix of Airbus A320, Boeing 757, and Boeing 737-800 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 52.7 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1369 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads south-west for about 592 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of SLC-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,369 tracked SLC-LAS flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.6% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-LAS
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 1369 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Las Vegas is 0.58% across 1369 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Las Vegas, 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.
