Denver to Las Vegas (DEN–LAS): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

DEN → LAS

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 249° (WSW).

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

LAS → DEN

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 62° (ENE).

Leave Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 13:05 local.

The two directions differ by 13 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	1,009 km · 627 mi · 545 nmi
Initial heading	249° (WSW) from DEN; 62° (ENE) from LAS
Farthest from the equator	39.9°N
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DEN	America/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
LAS	America/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
Difference	Las Vegas is 1 hour behind Denver today.

Jet lag, flying DEN → LAS. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m

LAS Harry Reid International AirportLas Vegas, United States · longest runway 14,835 ft4,522 m

More routes from DEN and LAS

DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min LAXDEN Los Angeles – Denver 1,385 km861 mi · 2 h 30 min SFODEN San Francisco – Denver 1,553 km965 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min SFOLAS San Francisco – Las Vegas 665 km413 mi · 1 h 45 min DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min ORDLAS Chicago – Las Vegas 2,432 km1,511 mi · 4 h 10 min JFKLAS New York – Las Vegas 3,609 km2,243 mi · 5 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min ORDDCA Chicago – Washington 983 km611 mi · 2 h 05 min CGKDPS Jakarta – Bali (Denpasar) 983 km611 mi · 2 h 10 min SINHKT Singapore – Phuket 980 km609 mi · 2 h 10 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).

DEN Denver ⇄ LAS Las Vegas