Flights Santa Ana → Las Vegas
SNA → LAS
How long is the flight from Santa Ana to Las Vegas?
The flight from Santa Ana (SNA) to Las Vegas (LAS) takes 43 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route operates from Santa Ana to Las Vegas with a high on-time performance rate of 84%, featuring an average delay of just 4.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, it conducts 1095 flights using Boeing 737-700 aircraft, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, with Las Vegas handling 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 Santa Ana (SNA) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 2394 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads north-east for about 365 km, a flight time of roughly 43m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of SNA-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 2,394 tracked SNA-LAS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about SNA-LAS
The flight from Santa Ana (SNA) to Las Vegas (LAS) takes 43 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 2394 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Las Vegas is 0.92% across 2394 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
