The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 18 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 7 minutes late.
15 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 50 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAS Las Vegas, NV 7 minutes late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
100%
Delta
100%
JetBlue
67%
Spirit
59%
Southwest
40%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 50 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas is 2173 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Las Vegas to Fort Lauderdale
4 hours, 31 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
5h 13m
JetBlue
5h 17m
Spirit
5h 19m
Southwest
5h 36m
Delta
5h 41m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

14

Distance

2173 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
7
Spirit
7
United
0
Southwest
0
Delta
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Las Vegas by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas by plane is 2173 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 50 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 5 hours, 13 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 5 hours, 41 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas?

Southwest, United, Spirit, JetBlue, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Las Vegas (LAS). On average, they have 0 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Fort Lauderdale 7 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 290 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Las Vegas 7 minutes late

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas, Delta is 100% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 100% 0% 0%
United 100% 0% 0%
JetBlue 67% 32% 1%
Spirit 59% 41% 0%
Southwest 40% 60% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale and Las Vegas, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
United 20 285 8 313
JetBlue 17 288 7 317
Spirit 14 292 7 319
Southwest 22 308 5 336
Delta 16 315 10 341

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
10pm 0.01
9am 0.01
2pm 0.15
6pm 0.23
3pm 0.01
7pm 0.13
8am 0
4pm 0
12pm 0.01
9pm 0.52
8pm 0.71
1pm 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 66
February 58
March 66
April 61
May 61
June 60
July 61
August 62
September 61
October 62
November 59
December 60

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 2.04
Tuesday 2.02
Wednesday 2.08
Thursday 1.98
Friday 2
Saturday 2.1
Sunday 1.96

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
JetBlue 0
Spirit 0
United 0
Southwest 0
Delta 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
10pm 13 264 11 291
9am 15 310 10 336
2pm 14 283 8 309
6pm 18 294 7 323
3pm 22 308 5 336
7pm 19 304 7 333
8am 16 274 7 297
4pm 30 278 6 314
12pm 16 280 8 303
9pm 14 300 7 325
8pm 16 284 8 312
1pm 13 283 7 307
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.