Flights Santa Maria → Las Vegas
SMX → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Maria to Las Vegas has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 5.7 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, approximately 26 flights operate this route, serving a highly trafficked destination airport that sees 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 Maria (SMX) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 35 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.3/100 (low), 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 Santa Maria the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Maria (SMX) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads east for about 498 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Santa Maria on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 60% of SMX-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Maria the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 35 tracked SMX-LAS flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about SMX-LAS
On the Santa Maria (SMX) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 35 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Maria-Las Vegas is 0.00% across 35 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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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.
