Los Angeles to Las Vegas (LAX–LAS): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

LAX → LAS

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 50° (NE).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

LAS → LAX

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 232° (SW).

Leave Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

The two directions differ by 4 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	380 km · 236 mi · 205 nmi
Initial heading	50° (NE) from LAX; 232° (SW) from LAS
Farthest from the equator	36.1°N
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAX	America/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 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 on the same clock as Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → LAS. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m

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

More routes from LAX and LAS

LAXOAK Los Angeles – Oakland 543 km337 mi · 1 h 45 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min JFKLAX New York – Los Angeles 3,974 km2,469 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 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 DENLAS Denver – Las Vegas 1,009 km627 mi · 2 h 20 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

ISTESB Istanbul – Ankara 381 km237 mi · 1 h 25 min OSLARN Oslo – Stockholm 385 km239 mi · 1 h 30 min LHRAMS London – Amsterdam 370 km230 mi · 1 h 25 min CGHSDU São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 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).

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ LAS Las Vegas