The flight time from Las Vegas to New York is 4 hours, 53 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAS Las Vegas, NV 2 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 24 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives JFK New York, NY 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
89%
Delta
85%
Frontier
84%
JetBlue
80%
Alaska
0%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Las Vegas to New York is 4 hours, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 24 minutes.

The flight distance from Las Vegas to New York is 2248 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New York to Las Vegas
5 hours, 35 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
4h 48m
Frontier
4h 48m
Alaska
4h 51m
JetBlue
4h 52m
Delta
4h 55m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

63

Distance

2248 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
32
JetBlue
27
Frontier
2
American
1
Alaska
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Las Vegas from New York by plane?

The distance from Las Vegas to New York by plane is 2248 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Las Vegas to New York?

The flight time from Las Vegas to New York is 4 hours, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 24 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 4 hours, 48 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 4 hours, 55 minutes.

What airlines fly from Las Vegas to New York?

American, Alaska, Delta, Frontier, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Las Vegas to New York.

Does Southwest fly from Las Vegas to New York?

Southwest does not fly from Las Vegas (LAS) to New York (JFK). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 Las Vegas 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 264 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives New York 11 minutes early

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 Las Vegas to New York, Delta is 85% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 85% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 89% 11% 0%
Delta 85% 14% 1%
Frontier 84% 16% 0%
JetBlue 80% 19% 1%
Alaska 0% 100% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Las Vegas and New York, 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)
American 18 257 12 288
Frontier 16 261 11 288
Alaska 21 254 16 291
JetBlue 17 265 8 292
Delta 17 264 10 295

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
2pm 0.49
6am 0.18
10am 0.59
3pm 0.84
4pm 0.02
9am 1.13
1pm 0.43
11am 1.17
11pm 0.96
8am 0.2
9pm 0.69
12pm 0.36
10pm 0.94
8pm 0.07
5pm 0.01
7am 0.9

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Las Vegas to New York 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 213
February 226
March 229
April 253
May 292
June 253
July 257
August 284
September 313
October 360
November 327
December 308

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Las Vegas to New York 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 9.69
Tuesday 9
Wednesday 8.79
Thursday 9.38
Friday 9.46
Saturday 7.92
Sunday 9.5

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
Delta 1
JetBlue 1
Frontier 0
American 0
Alaska 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)
2pm 18 264 9 292
6am 17 259 6 284
10am 18 266 9 294
3pm 18 262 9 295
4pm 19 264 8 298
9am 18 267 10 297
1pm 19 270 10 302
11am 19 264 12 300
11pm 14 261 9 288
8am 17 269 8 298
9pm 15 263 8 287
12pm 19 264 10 296
10pm 16 261 8 287
8pm 13 257 8 280
5pm 20 266 9 295
7am 16 265 9 293
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.