Flights St. Louis → Las Vegas
STL → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Las Vegas, primarily operated with Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, sees an average delay of 14 minutes per flight, with 71% of flights arriving on time. The destination airport serves over 52 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic and demand for this route.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 656 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.07%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads west for about 2,202 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 10m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of STL-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 656 tracked STL-LAS flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-LAS
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 656 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Las Vegas is 1.07% across 656 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.
