Phoenix to Las Vegas (PHX–LAS): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

PHX → LAS

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 317° (NW).

Leave Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 10:35 local.

LAS → PHX

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 135° (SE).

Leave Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 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	411 km · 256 mi · 222 nmi
Initial heading	317° (NW) from PHX; 135° (SE) 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

PHX	America/Phoenix — UTC−7 now; UTC−7 all year (no 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 Phoenix today; −1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying PHX → 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

PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, United States · longest runway 11,489 ft3,502 m

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

More routes from PHX and LAS

LAXPHX Los Angeles – Phoenix 595 km370 mi · 1 h 40 min DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min ORDPHX Chicago – Phoenix 2,313 km1,437 mi · 3 h 55 min LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 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

HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min CDGAMS Paris – Amsterdam 399 km248 mi · 1 h 30 min HELARN Helsinki – Stockholm 398 km247 mi · 1 h 30 min FRABER Frankfurt – Berlin 431 km268 mi · 1 h 30 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).

PHX Phoenix ⇄ LAS Las Vegas