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The flight time from New York to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 36 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves JFK New York, NY 3 minutes early.
23 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 1 minute in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAS Las Vegas, NV 12 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
100%
American
89%
Delta
84%
JetBlue
82%
Frontier
76%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 1 minute.

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

Reverse Journey

Las Vegas to New York
4 hours, 52 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
5h 35m
Delta
5h 36m
Frontier
5h 36m
American
5h 47m
Alaska
5h 52m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

67

Distance

2248 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
33
JetBlue
28
Frontier
3
American
2
Alaska
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Las Vegas by plane?

The distance from New York to Las Vegas 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 New York to Las Vegas?

The flight time from New York to Las Vegas is 5 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 1 minute. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 5 hours, 35 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 52 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Las Vegas?

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

Does Southwest fly from New York to Las Vegas?

Southwest does not fly from New York (JFK) to Las Vegas (LAS). 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 New York 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 23 minutes
In the Air 301 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Las Vegas 12 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 New York to Las Vegas, Delta is 84% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 100% 0% 0%
American 89% 11% 0%
Delta 84% 15% 1%
JetBlue 82% 17% 1%
Frontier 76% 24% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
JetBlue 22 300 7 335
Delta 23 301 7 336
Frontier 24 299 9 336
American 21 317 6 347
Alaska 17 324 11 352

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
7am 1.89
2pm 0
11am 0.98
12pm 0.17
9am 0.42
8pm 0.51
9pm 0.87
5am 0.01
6am 0.72
8am 0.38
1pm 0.01
10am 0.52
7pm 0.68
6pm 0.82
3pm 0.22
4pm 0.97
5pm 0.42

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 320
February 308
March 230
April 252
May 297
June 269
July 264
August 284
September 315
October 363
November 325
December 307

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 9.98
Tuesday 9.52
Wednesday 9.62
Thursday 9.98
Friday 10.17
Saturday 8.67
Sunday 10.02

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)
7am 22 301 7 334
2pm 16 289 5 310
11am 22 300 7 333
12pm 20 292 7 318
9am 25 298 7 334
8pm 24 299 8 344
9pm 24 303 7 342
5am 15 314 9 338
6am 21 297 8 327
8am 22 308 7 340
1pm 15 310 7 332
10am 20 301 7 331
7pm 30 298 7 344
6pm 25 304 7 339
3pm 30 297 7 338
4pm 24 302 7 338
5pm 23 308 7 340
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.