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Airport · LAS · Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Las Vegas, NV (LAS) ranks #8 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Las Vegas, NV posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78%
On-time
Top 91%
on-time, US airports
66 min
Delay when late
1.02%
Cancelled
#8 of 382
Corpus placement
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LAS on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 12,850,772.

Late Aircraft 42.2% (5,422,331 min)
Carrier 36.3% (4,661,795 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.8% (2,416,596 min)
Weather 2.5% (319,758 min)
Security 0.2% (30,292 min)

LAS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: January (90.9%) · worst: July (84.6%)

84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.3%

LAS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.9% 88.5% ▼ -7.7%

LAS - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 18 min · taxi-in 7.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

14 min16 min18 min20 min22 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.9 min 16.2 min ▼ -4.1%

LAS's average taxi-out (18 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 16.1 min (January 2025) to 20.3 min (September 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Las Vegas, NV.

Cancellation Rate

1.02%

20,330 of 1,986,833 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

2,458 of 1,986,833 flights

Delay Rate

22.0%

436,423 of 1,986,833 flights

Top Routes from LAS

Busiest routes to and from Las Vegas, NV.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LAX (Los Angeles) → LAS (Las Vegas) 55,240 78.9% 236 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → LAX (Los Angeles) 55,149 79.4% 236 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → DEN (Denver) 44,661 77.7% 628 mi
DEN (Denver) → LAS (Las Vegas) 44,636 76.1% 628 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SEA (Seattle) 36,175 81.5% 867 mi
SEA (Seattle) → LAS (Las Vegas) 36,154 80.3% 867 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LAS (Las Vegas) 35,224 78.9% 255 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → PHX (Phoenix) 35,193 79.1% 255 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SAN (San Diego) 33,593 72.8% 258 mi
SAN (San Diego) → LAS (Las Vegas) 33,400 77.7% 258 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LAS (Las Vegas) 32,222 72.9% 1,055 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 32,210 80.3% 1,055 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → LAS (Las Vegas) 31,598 78.5% 414 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SFO (San Francisco) 31,552 74.9% 414 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → ORD (Chicago) 28,710 80.7% 1,514 mi
ORD (Chicago) → LAS (Las Vegas) 28,704 78.4% 1,514 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → ATL (Atlanta) 27,360 81.9% 1,747 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → LAS (Las Vegas) 27,285 77.8% 1,747 mi
SMF (Sacramento) → LAS (Las Vegas) 26,989 80.6% 397 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SMF (Sacramento) 26,850 78.9% 397 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Las Vegas, NV, both outside Nevada so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78%).

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

78% on-time 1,049,006 flights

Eagle, CO

Eagle, CO

78% on-time 37,271 flights

Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ

78.1% on-time 1,354,054 flights

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

77.9% on-time 1,160,127 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,986,833).

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

2,030,209 flights 81.7% on-time

Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA

1,871,155 flights 83.1% on-time

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

2,137,032 flights 82.8% on-time

Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

1,718,833 flights 76.7% on-time

Other Airports in Nevada

Compare performance with other Nevada airports.

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Reno, NV

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EKO 93.6%

Elko, NV

Elko · 5,662 flights

LAS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Las Vegas, NV is traffic scale: 1,986,833 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #8 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 78% on-time rate (1 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average), 436,423 delayed departures, and 20,330 cancellations (1.02% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (42.2% late-aircraft, 36.3% carrier, 18.8% NAS, 2.5% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, LAS is strongest in January (90.9% on-time) and weakest in July (84.6%), a 6.3-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~29,960 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LAX (Los Angeles) at 78.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Nevada: Nevada flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LAS's data

LAS's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from LAS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in January rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.