LAS to LAX flight delays
Las Vegas, NV (LAS) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 236 miles
630 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.08%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
69 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 26.1 points more often than Southwest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from LAS overall run 12.1 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion LAS has, this route is largely escaping it.
The two directions do not behave alike. LAX to LAS arrives on time 6.3 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The Las Vegas to Los Angeles route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on LAS to LAX. Southwest Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on LAS to LAX
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 199 | 62.63% | 0.5% | 49 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 143 | 88.73% | 0.7% | 182 min | A |
| United Airlines | 104 | 82.69% | 0% | 58 min | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 68 | 83.82% | 0% | 30 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 66 | 83.33% | 0% | 68 min | — |
| American Airlines | 50 | 59.18% | 2% | 83 min | — |
The return leg
LAX to LAS Los Angeles back to Las Vegas 69.73% on time DOther routes from Las Vegas
Common questions
Are flights from Las Vegas to Los Angeles usually delayed?
76.08% of flights on the LAS to LAX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Las Vegas to Los Angeles?
Delta Air Lines, at 88.73% on time across 143 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 62.63%.
How often are LAS to LAX flights cancelled?
0.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When LAS to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 69 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LAS to LAX during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →